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by chimeracoder 1200 days ago
> It sure is, and I hope congress and the Fed learns their lesson this time, seeing as some of the same people who worked in previous economic failures are still around, I doubt it.

Don't bet on it. One of the big changes after the 2008 crisis was the passage of Dodd-Frank, which was then repealed in large part in 2018.

Some of the repealed provisions in Dodd-Frank would likely have mitigated or even prevented this bank run, due to the capital and liquidity testing requirements.