Is the FDIC a Good Business?

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Publicly traded banks to me seems like an oxymoron. Why are banks allowed to be public entities? It makes no sense to me as far as the incentives. Banks maybe are not a good business in which the incentives are to grow.

What happens when banks have growth as their priority? With the current instability, what can the public vs private sector debate tell us about our financial institutions?

When leadership is beholden more to shareholders than to their patrons, it can lead to wildly different outcomes regarding the security of their customers’ assets.

This week, Phil and Danielle continue to analyze the recent bank failures and discuss some of their problems with the structure of current financial systems.

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