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Splitting megabanks?

Finance Watch , 2014
Level: beginner
Perspectives: Other, Post-Keynesian Economics
Topic: Money & Debt
Format: Policy Paper & Advocacy
Link: https://www.finance-watch.org/uf/understanding-finance-1-splitting-megabanks/
Photo by Alain on Unsplash

This multimedia dossier is part of the series „Understanding Finance“ by Finance Watch. The e-learning material focuses on universal banks – banks that pursue commercial and investment banking - and points out several problems of those megabanks (such as too big to fail), especially in the context of the financial crisis.

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Tags: banks | finance | financial crisis | investment | leverage | megabanks | understanding finance | universal banks
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