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> What's irrational about taking your money out of an insolvent bank? Nothing. But what happened here was that multiple people decided to take money all at on
by RestlessMind 3y ago
> What's irrational about taking your money out of an insolvent bank?
Nothing. But what happened here was that multiple people decided to take money all at once out of a solvent bank, thus making it insolvent. Banks are in fractional reserve banking business, not custodian business. So no bank in the US can survive >25% withdrawals.