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		Fed's high-rates era handed $1T windfall to US banks (ft.com)
		4 points by paulpauper on Sept 26, 2024 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

taylodl on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

https://archive.ph/BmzHh

MisterDizzy on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

Forget student debt forgiveness, what about all debt forgiveness, and illegalize charging interest?

basementcat on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

You can get some of that via the bankruptcy code. For the latter, there exist "Islamic Mortgages"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking_and_finance

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