Bank Failures in Slow Motion
We've only had 294 failures this cycle, but it is a big deal: adjusted to current dollars, the Depression banking crisis was $100 billion, the S&L crisis was $923 billion, and the current crisis is nearly $8 trillion.
We've only had 294 failures this cycle, but it is a big deal: adjusted to current dollars, the Depression banking crisis was $100 billion, the S&L crisis was $923 billion, and the current crisis is nearly $8 trillion.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.
Austrians get a bum rap for their prescription for recession. The readjustment process is not cruel; it is about permitting production to align more closely with consumer preferences. Recovery, like growth and development, requires forward-looking planning.