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Banking - what does it do?
Prompted by a few recent debates I feel some clarity on why banks actually exist would be interesting. The glib answer is “to make profits by borrowing and lending” - although many would p… more »
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Banking - what does it do?
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Andrew wrote 1 month ago: Prompted by a few recent debates I feel some clarity on why banks actually exist would be interestin … more »
Is bank regulation the problem?
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Andrew wrote 4 months ago: I was re-reading last week’s The Economist last night when I happened across the Buttonwood co … more »
Sub-prime defaults - the smoking gun?
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Andrew wrote 4 months ago: Interesting article (possibly behind the paywall) in Friday’s the Economist on the causes of t … more »
Sharia in Western Law?
Andrew wrote 5 months ago: The speech given yesterday by the Archbishop of Canterbury is interesting - to say the least. He goe … more »
The Links between Prudential and Monetary Policy
Andrew wrote 5 months ago: For those interested in how regulatory prudential policy interacts with monetary policy around the w … more »
"Fractional Reserve" Blog Debates
Andrew wrote 5 months ago: The blog debate on the practicalities, or otherwise, of “fractional reserve” continues. … more »
Can "Fractional Reserve" be Banned?
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Andrew wrote 6 months ago: My earlier piece on Rothbard and Social Credit sparked off a long thread on another blog. One of the … more »
"Thoughts" by Jean-Pierre Landau
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Andrew wrote 8 months ago: I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS - the … more »
What is Money and Why Does It Matter?
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Andrew wrote 8 months ago: After several interesting and, on other blogs at least, long discussions on the nature of money, my … more »
Credit Crunch - Washup (or Washout?)
Andrew wrote 8 months ago: Now that many of the banks with some losses in the US sub-prime area have reported it may be a good … more »
Greenspan on Central Banks
Andrew wrote 8 months ago: I would be interested in comments on this. (Warning for those on slow connections - youtube video ov … more »
Bank Liquidity Management
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Andrew wrote 9 months ago: Following on from the discussion in the previous post on whether bank1 deposits are money the questi … more »
Are Bank Deposits Money?
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Andrew wrote 9 months ago: Or - Why Murray Rothbard and the Social Credit Theorists are Wrong One of the arguments that rumbles … more »
How much bank credit is too much?
Andrew wrote 9 months ago: It is always interesting to see bankers, and in particular central bankers, lift their eyes from the … more »
Loan Sharking - do we need more regulation?
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Andrew wrote 9 months ago: The seeming desire on the part of our politicians to regulate practices known as “predatory le … more »
"Sub-prime" - is this the last great risk management failure?
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Andrew wrote 11 months ago: OK - bit of a sensationalist headline, but the point I would like to make here is a valid one. The c … more »
Chris Skinner on AML - Do away with cash?
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Andrew wrote 12 months ago: I would invite readers to have a read of Chris Skinner’s post over at Finextra today. As I am … more »
Operational or Credit Risk
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: This piece in Bobsguide is a touch self-serving (it was inserted by Algorithmics), but it makes a va … more »
Investment Banking - Past and Present
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Just reading an interesting article on the Economist’s website on the past and present of inve … more »
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