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Banks leverage themselves 50-to-1, and then take huge volumes loans to unqualified clients, in the (historically accurate) assumption that the tax payer will be
by pjkundert 7y ago
Banks leverage themselves 50-to-1, and then take huge volumes loans to unqualified clients, in the (historically accurate) assumption that the tax payer will be obliged to bail them out.
If the money creation aspect of banking was separated from the capital accumulation and loan-making/risk-taking aspect, things should unfold much differently. Particularly since there would be "fractional reserve" concept underpinning the money supply.