The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques

dc.contributor.advisorLeiman, Tony
dc.contributor.authorRaubenheimer, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-20T10:57:20Z
dc.date.available2023-04-20T10:57:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-04-19T09:00:04Z
dc.description.abstractFollowing the Great Depression (1929-1933) and the Great Financial Crisis (2007-2009) a call to reform the banking sector arose. There was evidence that the banking sector, and their poor decisions, was a principal cause of two of the biggest economic crises. One such reform was the Full Reserve Banking (FRB) proposal, originating in the 1930s with the Chicago Plan. The Plan proposed forcing banks to hold 100% of deposits as reserves to prevent another financial crisis. Full Reserve Banking is the subject of this dissertation. The Chicago Plan and two modern full reserve proposals are discussed. The workings of the banking sector and the role of central bank are present to provide context and contrast to the Full Reserve Banking reforms. The following section discusses the Great Financial Crisis and illustrates the need for reform in the banking sector. Full Reserve Banking is defined and three proposals for FRB are presented, the Chicago Plan of the 1930s, the Sovereign Money proposal from 2012 and the Narrow Banking plan of 2009. Some critiques of FRB are discussed. These critiques are provided alongside a discussion of whether Full Reserve Banking is a viable option. The critiques that are raised do focus on the technical economics of the FRB proposals, rather the discussion presented the undesired consequences of FRB and the viability of implementing FRB is evaluated.
dc.identifier.apacitationRaubenheimer, G. (2022). <i>The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRaubenheimer, Grace. <i>"The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRaubenheimer, G. 2022. The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Raubenheimer, Grace AB - Following the Great Depression (1929-1933) and the Great Financial Crisis (2007-2009) a call to reform the banking sector arose. There was evidence that the banking sector, and their poor decisions, was a principal cause of two of the biggest economic crises. One such reform was the Full Reserve Banking (FRB) proposal, originating in the 1930s with the Chicago Plan. The Plan proposed forcing banks to hold 100% of deposits as reserves to prevent another financial crisis. Full Reserve Banking is the subject of this dissertation. The Chicago Plan and two modern full reserve proposals are discussed. The workings of the banking sector and the role of central bank are present to provide context and contrast to the Full Reserve Banking reforms. The following section discusses the Great Financial Crisis and illustrates the need for reform in the banking sector. Full Reserve Banking is defined and three proposals for FRB are presented, the Chicago Plan of the 1930s, the Sovereign Money proposal from 2012 and the Narrow Banking plan of 2009. Some critiques of FRB are discussed. These critiques are provided alongside a discussion of whether Full Reserve Banking is a viable option. The critiques that are raised do focus on the technical economics of the FRB proposals, rather the discussion presented the undesired consequences of FRB and the viability of implementing FRB is evaluated. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques TI - The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRaubenheimer G. The Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37783en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleThe Economics of Full Reserve Banking: Recent Developments and Critiques
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
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