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> 1. Become super-risky and extract value as soon as possible through dividends and bonuses. Depositors are covered either way. Depositor risk has never been a
by helen___keller 4y ago
> 1. Become super-risky and extract value as soon as possible through dividends and bonuses. Depositors are covered either way.
Depositor risk has never been a consideration of the bank except as far as it relates to the banks ability to grow shareholder value (if investors are wiped out, the bank doesn’t give a shit whether depositors are also wiped out)
> The banking system has lost the risk side of things, and it is now a 100% regulated industry. We could remove the banks and have everyone deal with the Fed instead.
Strongly agree tbh. There’s social reasons why it won’t happen but I’d much prefer this
- phlakaton 4y agoWow! Is that the "Bank of the United States"'s music I'm hearing? Yeah, I think we had that argument as a society a looooong time ago.