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Why a Greek-style run on the banks won't happen in the U.S.
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Paddy Hirsch
Jun 30, 2015
How do you make money safe? You insure it. That's what the FDIC does.
China's new deposit insurance is about systemic change
Apr 30, 2015
Making banks more careful... by reassuring them.
Banks' 'living wills' aren't looking so good
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 5, 2014
Banks still don't have realistic plans for an "orderly failure."
Money mysteries solved
Jul 18, 2013
Explaining some terms, phrases and concepts about money you might hear everyday, but not fully understand.
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Sheila Bair: Cyprus deposit tax unlawful, destabilizing
Mar 19, 2013
Sheila Bair, former chair of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shares her views on the Cyrpriot bailout plan and whether such a levy could ever happen to U.S. depositors.
Could the Cyprus deposit tax lead to a bank run?
Mar 19, 2013
Bank runs become a problem because banks don’t actually have a lot of money in the bank. Your deposit, to a bank, is a loan -- and most of that money gets lent out again.
The top places to work in the federal government
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Kai Ryssdal
Dec 13, 2012
NASA and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation among the best on the list.
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Former regulator Sheila Bair on the financial crisis
Sep 25, 2012
It may be too early to assign blame for Europe's economic crisis, but it is not too early to figure out what went wrong in this country back in 2008. Sheila Bair headed the FDIC back then, and is out with a new book this morning, in which she says she saw signs of trouble in subprime mortgages way back in 2006.
Why a bank run is bad
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Paddy Hirsch
Jun 1, 2012
A bank run occurs when customers run down to the bank and demand their money back. So, why can't the bank just return the cash? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains using a human heart analogy.
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FDIC spells a good, sound sleep for savers
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Paddy Hirsch
Apr 26, 2012
Seventeen banks have failed so far this year, but their customers can rest easy -- thanks to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains.
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