Talk:Free banking

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[edit] Neutrality

I placed the tag after reading this sentence:

The results was a spate of bank 'failures' that provides a blemish to an otherwise favourable record for free banking.

There are more examples and if someone objects to the tag being placed I will provide a more complete list. - FrancisTyers 17:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I think the tag is appropriate but a more thorough list would probably help in cleaning up POV issues. Night Gyr 16:52, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative use

In Britain, in colloquial use at least, "free banking" usually refers to the practice of banks offering accounts with no maintenance fees. I came here looking for information about that because of this BBC News story: where should I be looking instead? Loganberry (Talk) 03:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

"free banking" usually refers to the practice of banks offering accounts with no maintenance fees

That's truly Orwellian. See TANSTAAFL. Put otherwise : you will be charged one way or another, no matter which bank you choose, the bankers don't work for free. Arronax50 (talk) 00:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I came to this page looking for exactly what the article was talking about. “Free Banking” is a common term used in monetary economics. I would not recommend moving or merging this article with anything else.

It could always be expanded and improved, however.

63.84.34.22 (talk) 01:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikification

I've wikified this article. I'm not well versed in the subject matter of it though, so I would appreciate it if someone would check the links I've made to see if they point to the right page. Ma8thew 12:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)