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Tucker Carlson Interviews Economist on Japan's Banking Crisis and Global Financial Systems

Published July 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:36

And so you said what you really need are smaller banks because they can more precisely allocate credit to different parts of the country that have different needs. And If you don't have [smaller banks], you have stagnation and inefficiency and death. And that kind of describes what's happening in the United States. I'm sorry to ask you to pause. No, no, no. Is that what you're saying? Am I following this? (21:36–1:25:17)

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Asserts that the absence of smaller banks leads to economic stagnation and inefficiency.

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