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The real story behind the Silicon Valley Bank debacle

And four lessons

Robert Reich
Mar 13, 2023
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On Friday, bank regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California. Its failure was the second largest in U.S. history and the largest since the financial crisis of 2008.

On Sunday, regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank.

As they rushed to contain fallout, officials at the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and Federal Deposit Insur…

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