Fateful history of fannie mae, faithful not only for fannie mae but for everybody else too and there are copies of the book out in the reception area which we hope you will buy and which bob hagerty will autograph after the program. I am the president fellow at a e. I. And we are pleased to have you with us to consider this fateful history and its role in american politicized Housing Finance. After many years of dealing with and thinking about fannie mae i thought i knew a lot about this subject but i learned a lot more about it from reading bobs book, especially the very longterm evolution of politicized Mortgage Finance in this country and also about the vivid personalities involved over the last 40 years, all the way to the end of the story, at least it is the end so far. The book is full of information but in addition if you read my invitation to this event you know i think it represents an underlying tragic drama. In fact a shakespearean tragedy in fives. Rise, power, hubris, fall