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The Pros, Getting Conned

The Great Mortgage Meltdown of 2007 recalls the beginning of the dot-com implosion in 2000. Once again, paper wealth is going up in smoke; once again, Wall Street banks that created the dud securities turn out to have been imperfect guides as to their value. But the current financial meltdown also differs importantly from the tech bust....
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By Sebastian Mallaby