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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created the Federal Reserve Bank with the following mandate:
It was Nixon who took us off the gold standard in 1971. Hardly a "progressive".
But think about it. How does it make any sense to base our currency on how much of a metal we have dug out of the ground?
How does that allow for economic expansion?
If the economy grows, and the same amount of money exists, how does that make any sense?
I'm actually going to start a topic soon about Bretton Woods and the mistake of making the dollar the world's reserve currency.
It worked for a while...until it didn't.
One of the drawbacks that being a reserve currency requires you must have a negative trade balance with the rest of the world.
But there are other problems, too, including my saying I'm going to start a topic about it and then not doing it...
HUH ?t was Nixon who took us off the gold standard in 1971. Hardly a "progressive".
If you want bto know about economics you don't go to wikipedia - you listen to an ECONOMIST
As powerful as the intelligence agencies are, there is another secretive government institution that also has great ability to harm, or help, politicians: the Federal Reserve. By manipulating the money supply and interest rates, the Fed can cause a temporary boom or slowdown. As we have seen over the past several years, the Federal Reserve’s money creation will also lead to rising prices, which can offset any economic benefits the average American receives from a Fed-created boom.
The FED didn't end bank runs. FDIC did.
The FDIC helps liquidate a bank after it fails, the Fed provides the liquidity, as lender of last resort, to make sure bank failures don't spread and result in a failure of the banking system.
The Federal Reserve Act was enacted and the people involved said there would be no more recessions and depressions. The Great Depression was the longest one that ever lasted. On purpose.And then what?
Go back to more frequent, deeper, longer lasting recessions and depressions like we had before there was a Fed?
Nope. The longest depression was the Long Depression. That's why it is called The Long Depression.The Federal Reserve Act was enacted and the people involved said there would be no more recessions and depressions. The Great Depression was the longest one that ever lasted. On purpose.
FDIC insured you would get your money so there was no need to make a run on a bank.
The Federal Reserve Act was enacted and the people involved said there would be no more recessions and depressions. The Great Depression was the longest one that ever lasted. On purpose.
Because they had more than the insured amount in the bank. They were venture capitalists' money.Right, but even with the FDIC, people stood in long lines to pull out their deposits at Silicon Valley Bank
Because they had more than the insured amount in the bank. They were venture capitalists' money.
The FDIC ended up making them whole anyway.
Separate rules for the rich.
Stop making shit up. Your previous post got debunked and now you are moving the goalposts.Biden didn't want a bank panic to ruin his chances for 2024.
You are wrong. The civil war had fiat currency to pay it off. And there was the payback after it. The foreign bankers caused the civil war. They used slavery as the reason. They wanted a fiat currency in a major nation in the western hemisphere. Dividing the United States would have given them their inroads. It took until 1913 to get it. Gold and Silver backed currency was deemed to be barbaric. We went to war just a few years later. The Federal Reserve Printed massive federal reserve notes that caused the roaring twenties. Then they tightened is in a hard way with a skittish stock market. Somehow, we had at least a decade of depression, and it pushed people to e ready for war. Of course, FDR helped it along and he guided us into the 2nd World War. Two depraved Progressive Socialist Communists. Wilson and FDR.Nope. The longest depression was the Long Depression. That's why it is called The Long Depression.
It was originally called the Great Depression in the same way WW1 was originally called The Great War.
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Great Depression - Wikipedia
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The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in 1873 and running either through March 1879, or 1899, depending on the metrics used. It was most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing strong economic growth fueled by the Second Industrial Revolution in the decade following the American Civil War.
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While it was occurring, the view was prominent that the British economy had been in continuous depression from 1873 to as late as 1896 and some texts refer to the period as the Great Depression of 1873–1896, with financial and manufacturing losses reinforced by a long recession in the agricultural sector
And no one said there would be no more recessions or depressions after the Fed was created.
The Fed was formed because of the panic of 1907 when the economy was saved by chance by JP Morgan.
There had been too many and too frequent and too long-lasting recessions and depressions before that and 1907 was the last straw.
Since the forming of the Fed, they have been fewer and farther between.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good."
Wow! A conspiracy theory with a conspiracy theory filling inside a conspiracy theory wrap!You are wrong. The civil war had fiat currency to pay it off. And there was the payback after it. The foreign bankers caused the civil war. They used slavery as the reason. They wanted a fiat currency in a major nation in the western hemisphere. Dividing the United States would have given them their inroads. It took until 1913 to get it. Gold and Silver backed currency was deemed to be barbaric. We went to war just a few years later. The Federal Reserve Printed massive federal reserve notes that caused the roaring twenties. Then they tightened is in a hard way with a skittish stock market. Somehow, we had at least a decade of depression, and it pushed people to e ready for war. Of course, FDR helped it along and he guided us into the 2nd World War. Two depraved Progressive Socialist Communists. Wilson and FDR.
Stop making shit up. Your previous post got debunked and now you are moving the goalposts.
And as I recall at the time, your type was thrilled a nationwide banking collapse was about to happen.