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You may as well say "if everybody jumped off a bridge at the same time...."

How many bank runs have there been in 2022 in the developed world?

The reason people don't try to pull their money out all at once is because their deposits are insured, because their bank pays into an insurance pool.




    The reason people don't try to pull their money out all at once is because their deposits are insured, because their bank pays into an insurance pool.
Only up to $250k.


https://fortune.com/2022/05/23/record-number-american-househ...

That wouldn't be a problem for the majority of Americans


If you go over $250k, you can just open accounts at other banks to keep being insured. Or get your own insurance I suppose.


My point was that if many would struggle to put together $400 in cash, they’re likely unaffected by a $250k upper limit on insured deposits


How many people do you think have more than $250k in the bank? How many people do you think have more than $250k in FTX? It sounds like you're saying it's not good enough because 0.1% of people won't get the full benefit.




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