{"id":32884,"date":"2016-02-10T23:57:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=32884"},"modified":"2016-02-10T23:57:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T22:57:19","slug":"why-banks-should-be-regulated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/why-banks-should-be-regulated\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Banks Should Be Regulated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The problem is not that banks are too big too fail. \u00a0They are too important not to have democratic control. \u00a0This is the only business whose product is other people&#8217;s money. \u00a0Currently in the US, taxpayers&#8217; money insures taxpayers&#8217; accounts up to $250,000 so that banks can gamble with impunity.<b>\u00a0\u00a0Bank Regulation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/should-bank-regulations-be-made-uniform-as-part-of-trade-agreements\/bank-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bank-regulation.jpg\" alt=\"Bank regulation\" width=\"465\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bank-regulation.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bank-regulation-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem is not that banks are too big too fail. \u00a0They are too important not to have democratic control. \u00a0This is the only business whose product is other people&#8217;s money. \u00a0Currently in the US, taxpayers&#8217; money insures taxpayers&#8217; accounts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/why-banks-should-be-regulated\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The problem is not that banks are too big too fail. 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