Markets are preparing for the Federal Reserve to “pivot”; that is, change directions from raising interest rates to cutting them. What does it mean? It means that the Fed’s leadership has learned nothing in the past several years.

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Under free competition, and without government support and enforcement, there will only be limited scope for fractional-reserve banking. Banks could form cartels to prop each other up, but generally cartels on the market don’t work well.

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