Explain why banks became reluctant to lend money to one another and thus created the credit crunch.

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Explain why banks became reluctant to lend money to one another and thus created the credit crunch. To what extent does this show that the whole banking system is essentially based on trust and trust alone?

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Economics

ISBN: 124344

2nd Edition

Authors: N. Gregory Mankiw

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