The little-known cause of our housing woes

Barney Frank - totally corrupt.
I will have to get the book Reckless Endangerment. It tells the story of two institutions -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- and the role they played in bringing our economy to its knees.

A review by Rex Murphy provides some of the details. First, who are the authors?
They are, respectively, Gretchen Morgenson, a Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times business