Alasdair MacLeod David Scott discusses all things money, banking and credit, and when we say “all,” we really mean everything.
Here's a quick summary of the subject:
- The banking crisis and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
- Implications for bond markets and bank stability
- The impact of zero interest rates
- The sad demise of Airdrie Savings Bank
- Forgetting the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis
- What happened to Credit Suisse and what it means for trust in Swiss banks
- Problems and Perverse Incentives Arising from Banking Regulation
- Why Central Bank Credit Creation is Destroying Currencies
- John Law and the Mississippi Bubble
- Why bankers lie when things get serious
- What Bank for International Settlements teeth
- Issues with Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs)
- Investigating Alex Salmond's tea and biscuits
- What does a healthy banking system look like?
- Why are systems unstable and prone to crashes?
- The nature and history of credit
- How banks create money out of thin air
- The Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and how credit and banking helped transform Scotland
- What is a “caveat” under Scottish banking law?
- The Roman legal basis for how the world deals with money and credit
- Gold as a currency and an alternative to the current credit and debt based system
…and many more topics.
I don't know how to get money!
