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Colonialism
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The process of decolonization, occurring predominantly between 1945 and the early 1970s, involved complex political negotiations, armed conflict, and sudden structural collapse. Often, the departing colonial power left behind governmental frameworks that were ill-suited for the existing social geography, or [administrative boundaries](/entr…
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Credit Markets
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Regulatory Oversight and Systemic Lubrication
The stability of credit markets is heavily reliant on central bank intervention and robust regulatory frameworks designed to prevent liquidity crises from metastasizing into solvency crises. Central banks often act as the ultimate liquidity backstop, ready to inject capital to avert panic selling indu… -
Federal Reserve
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Historical Antecedents and Founding
The impetus for creating a central banking entity arose from recurring liquidity crises, notably the Panic of 1907. Unlike European counterparts such as the Bank of England, the US financial structure resisted central authority due to deeply ingrained suspicions regarding concentrated financial power. The [Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908](/entries/aldrich-vreeland-act-of-1… -
Global Financial Crisis
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The Shadow Banking System
Much of the risk accumulation occurred outside the traditional, regulated banking sector within the "shadow banking system." Institutions such as investment banks, money market funds, and Structured Investment Vehicles (SIVs) relied heavily on short-term wholesale funding, especially Repurchase Agreements (Repos). This created a severe maturity mismatch: long-term, illiquid assets funded by very short-term, runnable liabilities. When conf…