Thursday, 15 December 2011

Fractional reserve banking is always possible even in a free market if the bank has access to the safe

It is only because of deposit insurance that fractional reserve banking is so prevalent. There is no incentive to choose a full reserve bank (the incentive has been removed) since a crash will be averted. Deposit insurance turns bank credit into money because it prevents a crash. Bank credit is money because of deposit insurance. Deposit insurance is the reason banks can’t crash and bank credit is money.

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