The Five Minute Defense of the Fractional Reserve Banking System

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The banks will just originate the loans and then they'll securitize them. What that means is you have to think, Well, who is buying those? Who is buying the asset backsecurities? And in our country, because those would be the two things that would be the securitized. The buyers of these securitizes are the government. Right. So when Bitcoin standard or gold standard people are talking about, no, no,No, we need narrow banks. We need a fixed supply and the like. You can do it. All right. I mean, this is going to be, oh, you didn't let them off the hook on XYZ,"

There are bank runs and also rumors of more bank runs on the horizon. One side says, “the banks are insolvent, get to the lifeboats.” Another side says, “the banks are going to be fine…we’re sick and tired of doomers pulling the fire alarm.” Who’s right?

This is our third episode in a series of conversations. To get the full debate you’ll need to listen to the last two episodes with Balaji Srinivasan and Arthur Hayes.

In this episode, we’re speaking with Ben Hunt who lays out the counterpoint details on why banks are going to be fine. He believes Balaji and Arthur are dangerously wrong. Tune in to hear why!

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------ Timestamps

0:00 Intro 6:55 Ben’s Crypto Credentials 10:36 Critiques of the Fed 16:55 Ben’s Understanding of Balaji’s Thesis 24:33 What Ben Believes is Untrue 33:42 Treasuries Are the Safest Assets? 43:34 Ben’s Objection 45:55 Icebergs 50:52 Fiat is Better? 57:45 Step Back for Society? 1:02:26 Checks on Power 1:07:39 Rules-Based Monetary Policy 1:12:30 How to Fix the Fed 1:15:35 Closing & Disclaimers

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Previous Debates https://www.bankless.com/balaji-bets-the-dollar-will-hyperinflate-to-zero-not-a-drill https://www.bankless.com/arthur-hayes-says-get-your-bitcoin-and-get-out

Ben Hunt https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory

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