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Ep. 2299 Silicon Valley Bank and Our Stupid Monetary System

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Zero Interest Rate Tissue Fire

Peter Bergen: Silicon Valley Bank was losing billions of dollars out in Silicon Valley, but who cares? Money was free. He says it's not mysterious because the chief regulator of the financial system is the Federal Reserve. Bergen: The myth of the all-seeing regulator means that they always have some fantasy scenario where everything could have turned out all right.

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