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The Chicago Plan Revisited

The Chicago Plan Revisited is a recent plan that would help people save money and make sure banks are more stable. It is based on an old plan from the 1930s called the Chicago Plan.

The old plan was created by economists at the University of Chicago to make sure banks wouldn't go out of business during hard economic times like the Great Depression. The plan said that all money deposited in a bank should be backed up by the same amount of money held by the government so that if people tried to withdraw too much money, the government could cover it. This would make banks safer, because they would have more money and not have to worry about what would happen if people suddenly took their money all at once.

The new plan, called the Chicago Plan Revisited, is similar to the old plan, but it adds some extra features. Now, under this plan, when people deposit money in a bank, they can earn interest on it. This means that people can earn money just for keeping their money in the bank. And, the government also sets a percentage of the money deposited so that banks have to keep it on hand, making sure that if too many people try to take out their money, the bank will still have enough to cover it.

The Chicago Plan Revisited is meant to make banks safer and to help people save money. It makes banks more secure, because they know they won't be at risk of losing money if everyone tries to pull their money out at once. And it helps people save money, because if people keep their money in the bank, they can earn interest on what they have saved.