Housing crises are characterized by a sharp increase in foreclosure rates that generates losses to mortgage investors. To preserve the solvency of these investors, governments have historically implemented two policies: a) offer them bailouts (Wall Street), and b) subsidize the mortgage refinancing of households to prevent additional foreclosures (Main Street). The implementation of these instr...

* Consider the choices available to a shopper driving to a city and trying to park downtown. One option, typical to many cities, is to follow the signposts to an off-street parking facility, which is often privately operated. Another option is to search for an on-street spot. If this proves unsuccessful, it is always possible to return to the off-street facility. We formalise such a setting and...

occupy wall street was a flag which went to the hands of the american protestors. this flag reflected the simulation of occupy wall street to the occupation of palestine and the main reference of the protest was aimed at zionism. the deep roots of this occupation dates back to the occupation of the american natives’ territories and in fact the same american monopoly in the path of american hist...