Alyssa Katz: 2 books

An illuminating history and groundbreaking investigation tracing how a single trade organization turned itself into the most dangerous political weapon in America ** ** When Americans hear the words “Chamber of Commerce,” many still think of the local business associations that spruce up Main...

Our Lot tells how an entire nation got swept up in real estate mania, and it casts the business story--the collapse of the subprime empire and the global impact it had on the economy--as part of a project of social engineering beginning in the 1930s by the U.S. government to make homeownership available...