The Subprime Solution by Robert Sc hiller is an assessment of the financial situation in 2008 from a top economist. Use these book club discussion questions on
The Subprime Solution to delve into Shiller's ideas with your book club.
- What does the author view as the biggest cause to our current financial difficulties?
- What is the “"real estate myth"?
- Why wasn't more done to stop the housing bubble? What could have been done?
- What was the HOLC?
- What does Shiller think about bailouts?
- What does the author mean by "democratization of finance"?
- What does Shiller think about home prices? Are high home prices good?
- What are his short term solutions? Long term? Do they ever contradict?
- What do you think about Shiller's suggestions on improving the information infrastructure? How about his new markets for risk?
