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Banking Regulation, Financial Innovation, Free Banking

The Perils of Financial Over-Regulation

George Selgin/October 25, 2016June 19, 2022

Last Friday, I gave the opening remarks at the International Finance Corporation's annual FinTech CEO Summit — a meeting of many of the top executives involved in developing cutting-edge alternatives to conventional means for raising capital and making payments, among other things. Because the event wasn't recorded,…

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