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Discussion of banks, debt, loans, FDIC insurance
Jul 8th, 2010 at 10:24pm
 
Discussion of banks, debt, loans, FDIC insurance.

Should deposits be FDIC insured in a libertarian society?

How would loans differ in a pure libertarian society? Would there be much debt?
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Re: Discussion of banks, debt, loans, FDIC insurance
Reply #1 - Jul 9th, 2010 at 4:33am
 
Personally, I think that in an ideal Libertarian society the FDIC and the Federal Reserve would be abolished. This would result in fewer loans and as a result less debt. While the FDIC is a good idea, I'm positive that deposits could be insured more efficiently in the private sector than in the public sector, as is almost always the case.

The FED is a whole other story. For a great explanation of why the FED is highly unproductive and generally a hazard to the economy, check out this video: http://www.03808.com/meltdown-thomas-e-woods-jr ; The video is about an hour long but extremely logical and informative. If you don't care to watch it, I'll give you a short summary.

Thomas Woods likens the economy to a builder, while savings which can be loaned are the bricks which the house is made of. By artificially setting interest rates, the Fed makes the builder think he has more bricks than actually exist resulting in a house being built only part of the way before the builder (economy) realizes that it physically can't build a house that big. This would result in a "bubble" where the whole house must be torn down and the builder would have to go back to the drawing board.

I also believe that normally fiscally conservative Libertarians probably have less debt than the average American, as a matter of principle.

As far as banks go, they would operate in a similar capacity but would give out far fewer loans, which would keep their customers' finances more secure.
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Re: Discussion of banks, debt, loans, FDIC insurance
Reply #2 - Jul 10th, 2010 at 9:35pm
 
Welcome to the LF. Good comments.

With the FDIC backing deposits it's a subsidy or benefit to banks encouraging more deposits and more loans. FDIC insurance reduces risk resulting in lower interest rates for bank deposits. With lower interest rates more people borrow and expand debt.
So basically the government creating the FDIC has caused greater debt that resulted in the bankruptcies we are seeing now.
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