SVB shows that there are few libertarians in a financial foxhole
The author ignores that behind the downfall of SVB was a climate of excess liquidity on the markets, a bonanza created by the authorities that made SVB see itself with a glut of funds. Now, SVB, loaded with money, could have tried loaning it like crazy, but instead, decided to go the conservative way and buy bonds.<p>Someone could argue that they could have foreseen that this abundance of liquidity in the markets, along with the supply chain issues, would eventually lead to inflationary pressures and that once inflation has shown its ugly face, those bond's market value would be discounted, and that they could become vulnerable to a bank run.<p>But in the end, even if we could argue that SVB should have been more prescient, it is clear that the root cause of the problems is the actions of the government and the FED.<p>That said, please don't confuse me with a libertarian; I am just raising a somewhat contrarian point. Being called a libertarian would be an enormous source of shame and disgust for my mom.