Break Up the Banks

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We should break up the banks. Only the full separation of depository banking and investment banking can protect consumer savings from banks’ naked speculation. Our nation needs a modern-day Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era banking system repealed in 1999. Commercial banks should not be allowed to make investment decisions with customers’ depository funds. When Wells Fargo Bank […]