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Why not just reduce borrowers' debt?

February 26, 2009

...Richard K. Green and Christopher Thornberg debate. Today's topic: A high percentage of modified mortgages have re-defaulted, and some critics say that's because the modifications haven't been aggressive enough -- in particular, they haven't written down debt. The Obama proposal would not reduce a borrower's debt, either. Isn't that a problem?...