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| Art Cashin recalls how it all started 81 years ago. Naturally, it "ended" with World War 2 [Freedoms Phoenix] |
| Monday, 12 December 2011 20:42 | |
 Read more on this subject: HistoryNews Story Source: zerohedge.com Art Cashin recalls how it all started 81 years ago. Naturally, it "ended" with World War 2. Will history rhyme, or will "this time be different"? From UBS On this day (-1) in 1930, American savers, the Federal Reserve and a Republican President all got a nasty surprise. The banking system had been shaky for a year or two but it looked like things might finally be beginning to stabilize. That is until today. On this day, a major financial institution, The Bank of the United States went belly up. And, with it went the savings, "in whole or in part", of over 400,000 depositors. The Bank of the United States has been a historically unlucky name for several institutions. The first "Bank of the United States" was proposed by no less than Alexander Hamilton. It was a privately held central bank for the United States some 125 years before the Fed was created. It was very controversial as Southerners saw it as a boon and tool of the mercantile Nor Read More or Make a Comment Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          
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