Category Archives: How to stop a bank run

How to stop a bank run — again

Posted on September 11, 2012 by hro50ta1

This is the story that knocked my blog offline in fall 2008. There were bank runs back then, and the idea that one person would defy convention and two presidents seemed quite novel. Here, for fun, is that story: By … Continue reading →

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Cathedral of Finance

Posted on April 24, 2011 by hro50ta1

Here is another of those stories from 2008 that used to appear on my howtostopabankrun blog, now kaput. By Joel Thurtell In the wee hours of Tuesday, February 14, 1933, Michigan’s new Democratic governor, William Comstock, emerged from the posh … Continue reading →

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Al and Paul agree

Posted on April 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

This article appeared a couple years ago on my less-than-hacker-proof and now-defunct blog, howtostopabankrun.com. By Joel Thurtell Ain’t it neat? Al and  Paul agree. Al is Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who got it all wrong … Continue reading →

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Blog fusion

Posted on April 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Hackers broke into all of my blogs except JOTR last winter, posting a taunt about my lack of “security.” Apparently, they proved some kind of point to their satisfaction. The effect on me was to make me … Continue reading →

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How to stop a bank run

Posted on October 3, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell A frantic financial adviser told me she’s warning everyone she knows with money in National City Bank, dead sure NatCity’s going under: Get your money out! And I thought, gosh, isn’t that sort of like, well, promoting a … Continue reading →

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