Behind the Money

Martin Wolf on why banks fail and what to do about it

Mar 22, 2023

20:05

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Option Two: Tighten Regulation and Improve Transparency of Banks

02:20

Is There a Need for Higher Equity Capitalization?

01:32

Banks Are Not for Profits

01:54

Introduction

2min

What Would You Say Is the Purpose of a Bank?

2min

Banks Are Designed to Fail

2min

Banks Are Not for Profits

2min

Is There a Guarantee of All Deposits?

3min

Option Two: Tighten Regulation and Improve Transparency of Banks

2min

Is There a Need for Higher Equity Capitalization?

2min

How to Get Away From Mismatching Assets and Liabilities

4min

Is the FDIC Guaranteeing All Deposits a Good Idea?

2min

Credit Suisse… Silicon Valley Bank… Signature Bank… First Republic… After weeks of breaking headlines about banks in crisis, we are taking a big picture look at the sector with the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf. In this episode, he explains why banks fail, and lays out the four paths that banking reform could take in the future.

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For further reading:

Banks are designed to fail — and they do

US capitalism is ‘breaking down before our eyes’, says Ken Griffin

How the Swiss ‘trinity’ forced UBS to save Credit Suisse

Four ways to fix the bank problem

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On Twitter, follow Martin Wolf (@martinwolf_) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07)

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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