“[Former Fed chairman Paul Volcker] wants the nation’s banks to be prohibited from owning and trading risky securities, the very practice that got the biggest ones into deep trouble in 2008. And the administration is saying no, it will not separate commercial banking from investment operations.” (New York Times, Wednesday)
How about free banking?
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“Commercial Banking in a Free Society” by Steven Horwitz

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