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Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't as Bad as This One (Bank runs in Second Life) (wsj.com)
3 points by kf on Jan 24, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



So they're aborting the first possible experiment in libertarianism. What a shame, I wanted to see what would happen next.


See? Libertarianism works! All those idiots who deposited into non-FDIC banks had their money redistributed to the cleverer, more deserving folks who figured out a way to take advantage of them.




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