https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-bursting-of-the-American-housing-bubble https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-bursting-of-the-American-housing-bubble 2007-10-31T11:28:24Z text/html en Isaac Johsua United States (USA) Economy <p>A speculative bubble can relate to assets that are real (property, land, etc.) or financial (shares, etc.) ; it manifests itself by an increasingly rapid rise in the prices of these assets. They end up by reaching such levels as appear excessive, even making an optimistic evaluation of the future profits which can be expected. The bursting of the bubble manifests itself by an opposite process, by a continuous and often brutal fall in these prices.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV393-October-2007-" rel="directory">IV393 - October 2007</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-United-States-USA-+" rel="tag">United States (USA)</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Economy-+" rel="tag">Economy</a>