CHICAGO – Before the recent financial crisis, politicians on both sides of the aisle in the United States egged on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-backed mortgage agencies, to support low-income lending in their constituencies. There was a deeper concern behind this newly discovered passion for housing for the poor: growing income inequality.
芝加哥——在金融危机发生之前，美国两大房屋抵押贷款机构“房利美”与“房地美”都得到政府的支持，在美国两党的怂恿下，这两个贷款机构向选区内的低收入家庭提供贷款。这种热衷于向穷人提供房产贷款的现象背后，则是出于对社会收入不平等日益加深的深切忧虑。