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They have in the UK at least - UK Banks have been forced to ringfence core retail banking, so that other arms could be allowed to fail, but customer banking be
by grey-area 8y ago
They have in the UK at least - UK Banks have been forced to ringfence core retail banking, so that other arms could be allowed to fail, but customer banking be unaffected:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ring-fencing-information/ring-fencing-information https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ring-fencing-info...
Similar to Glass Steagall from 1933 in the US, which was watered down over decades and eventually repealed when we reached the end of history in 1999:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_legislation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_legislation
Unfortunately it appears history is probably going to repeat in more ways than just cycles of crisis and financial regulation. I expect trade war and then global war in the next decade - we’ve reached around 1935 by my estimation.
- arethuza 8y agoThanks - I'd never heard of that - pretty surprised that a Conservative government implemented anything like that. having said that, maybe that's why it has been kept relatively quiet?
- mrguyorama 8y agoThere was a time when the "conservative" party was genuine, reasonable, and attempted compromise.
- arethuza 8y agoIn the 1970s or before?