Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. She is also a member of the UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Government Legislation Budgeting 52

Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. She is also a member of the UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Government Legislation Budgeting 52

Policy Chats

JUNE 4, 2021

Office of Government Ethics Chief of Staff & Program Counsel Shelley Finlayson talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about ethics and transparency within the executive branch of the federal government. She is also a member of the UCR School of Public Policy Advisory Board.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Government Legislation Budgeting 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

The F&F core business of securitizing and guaranteeing loans essentially takes the below-market cost of the funds raised by issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which reflects the implied guarantee, and passes that subsidized cost through to primary market lenders. Growing profits by exploiting the implied guarantee. 81 trillion.

Legislation 93

Legislation Housing Regulations Operations 93

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). There is no guarantee of public policy change as a result of powerful new social movements.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 15, 2025

The F&F business model, from their first securitizations to the present, relies on MBS investors viewing their securities as having nil credit risk. Continuing the PSPA was viewed as good policy for three reasons. First, the historic implied guarantee was considered by many policymakers to be bad public policy.

Implementation 52

Implementation Legislation Housing Regulations 52