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drallison | 2 years ago

Why do we even need banks? What does the financial industry provide? If we were to restructure everything, what would make sense? What are the invariant properties of a viable financial system?

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ProjectArcturis|2 years ago

Who else is going to lend you money to buy a house or start a business? Who else will keep your money safe from fire and theft and pay you for the privilege?

drallison|2 years ago

Wait. We are exploring boundaries and understanding and not necessarily maintaining the present system. Money? Lend? Ownership? Business? Protecting money? Payments? Privilege? Banking? These are all up for rethinking.

smcg|2 years ago

The Fed. I guess you didn't read the article.

toomuchtodo|2 years ago

Edit: retracted!