The FDIC attempts to universalize risk in banking. Regardless of whether or not you even deposit money in a financial institution, whether or not you discriminate between different banks and the practices thereof, we are forced into subsidizing risk through government deposit insurance. The FDIC normally guarantees deposit insurance up to $100,000, while the insurance [...]
When the Federal Reserve was signed into law in 1913, it was largely on the basis that the independent organization would assume the role of “lender of last resort” to struggling banks and institutions. This would allow the Fed to extend credit in order to prevent short-term economic hardships. As I wrote in my article, [...]
