How Skyscrapers Can Indicate Economic Contraction

Tags: Booms and Busts, Global Economy, U.S. History

11/30/2014 Mark Thornton

Interviewed by Mo Dawoud of the Wall St for Main St podcast, Mark Thornton explains his prediction of the housing bubble in 2004. They also discuss the ‘Skyscraper Curse’.

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