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Safe As Houses

It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning democracy than a campaign of privatisation encompassing housing? An economic theory says that markets can't function without mortgages, because it's only by borrowing against their assets that entrepreneurs can get their businesses off the ground. But what if mortgages are bundled together and sold off to the highest bidder?

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  • Originally Aired December 15, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network Channel 4
  • Created December 12, 2013 by
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  • Modified July 22, 2023 by
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