Esmael Abidi

Director, Chapman University’s Anderson Center for Economic Research

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Director of the Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange County

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Although the details of the President’s home mortgage plan won’t be released for two weeks, the White House revealed quite a lot today. We hear more about the plan and how it could…

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