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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, if you're the publican, and you've been chatting with me and with Bill, then you're even better positioned to become a de facto arbitrator of notes — a bank. And that's exactly the role that pubs began to play. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose.

Banking 15
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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, if youre the publican, and youve been chatting with me and with Bill, then youre even better positioned to become a de facto arbitrator of notes — a bank. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose.

Banking 15