An entree into a rich vein of knowledge about the deliberate engineering of the housing bubble and the culprits (the central banks and their collaborators in government).

http://web.archive.org/web/20101030124420/http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/166473-gary-a/104154-originate-to-distribute-was-ramped-up-in-2004-quigley-bis-prediction-came-true

The above is an archived page from the current site, which lacks the chart that the text refers to.  Also see:

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/166473-gary-a/106272-what-is-predatory-lending-anyway-payday-lending-and-ponzi-mortgage-loans-come-from-the-same-sources

Here’s an entry from the reference section pointing out how the W bush admin deliberately blocked state-level enforcement mechanisms from pricking the bubble before it became gargantuan:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021302783.html

Someone needs to tie all these threads together.