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Banking

Does Fractional Reserve Banking Pose a Threat to the Economy? Watch the Livestream.

Economists Robert Murphy and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.

Jim Epstein | 4.16.2018 6:30 PM

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At tonight's Soho Forum, economists George Selgin and Robert Murphy are debating fractional reserve banking.

The proposition: "Fractional reserve banking, whether practiced under a gold standard or in a modern fiat-money system, poses a threat to the stability of market economies." Murphy is arguing the affirmative, and Selgin the negative.

It's an Oxford-style debate, so audience members vote before and after the event, and the contestant who convinces the most people to switch sides wins.

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Jim Epstein is executive editor of Reason.

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