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Fun Fades At Investment Clubs--Wary Of Market Uncertainty, Interest Wanes In Get-Togethers; Stocks Are 'Scary', E.S. Browning
Fun Fades At Investment Clubs--Wary Of Market Uncertainty, Interest Wanes In Get-Togethers; Stocks Are 'Scary', E.S. Browning
Brooke Harrington
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States And Financial Crises, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
States And Financial Crises, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Brooke Harrington
Most states act to protect the “safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people” against the depredations of financial crises in some or all of the following ways: regulation; provision of a safety net to protect individuals and key institutions from being irreparably damaged by crises; and, finally, punishment of those responsible in order to prevent crises in future. All three measures are intended to sustain public trust in financial systems. This is essential because, as former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan put it, “Trust is at the root of any economic system based on mutually beneficial exchange … If …