2. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a. Briefly explain how the government mortgage insurance in the post-war error helped some people to both overcome financial market imperfections and to accumulate wealth b. Until the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 (one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior), post-war housing policies discriminated against African-Americans. Briefly explain, making reference to \"red-lining.\"
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