From an economics standpoint, the main benefit of a healthy banking industry is the fact that     banks themselves make a tremendous profit, allowing the owners of banks as well as their employees to have high incomes.     banks force entrepreneurs to pay high interest rates, which contributes to solving the problem of wealth inequality.     banks are able to minimize asymmetric information and adverse selection problems, which allows them to transfer idle funds to more productive ends in a cost-efficient manner.     private banks help keep inflation under control.

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  1. From an economics standpoint, the main benefit of a healthy banking industry is the fact that

       

    banks themselves make a tremendous profit, allowing the owners of banks as well as their employees to have high incomes.

       

    banks force entrepreneurs to pay high interest rates, which contributes to solving the problem of wealth inequality.

       

    banks are able to minimize asymmetric information and adverse selection problems, which allows them to transfer idle funds to more productive ends in a cost-efficient manner.

       

    private banks help keep inflation under control.

     

     

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