Re:Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian ...
by nradov on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @10:15AM
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You can sort of fix this in a free market system through reinsurance which spreads the risk out across multiple counterparties with deep capital reserves. But ultimately the only way to eliminate the risk is through insurance by a sovereign with the ability to levy taxes and print fiat currency.
So in this universe, when you go to get insurance at SVB, you see that it costs you 1% per year, which seems high to you. You go to the insurance company's website, and see that insurance for Chase is only 0.5%, so you switch to them instead. SVB is pressured to change to a less risky strategy by the market, not b the government.
(NB I'm not a libertarian, nor am I recommending this approach; I'm just saying that in theory such a system could work.)