No , they didn ' t . Whatever problems you may have with the Fed , banking prior was rife with money manipulation , bank runs , pyramiding of reserves , liquidity crises due to underissuance of banknotes . BTW between 1865 and 1913 , there were five major financial panics . Hundred of national banks failed or suspended operations , people lost everything , and businesses couldn ' t meet payroll or pay vendors . The knockon effects were horrendous . <| sep |> I don ' t understand why they disable the comments and likedislike sections . FFXIV also does that on Youtube . <| sep |> You forgot Lock Rocks . They ' ll save your life in a pinch . <| sep |> This is why we have ponds . <| sep |> Coming Soon , the Surface Car ! This is supertop secret , but I can reveal to you exclusively today that Michaelsoft is working on a Surface Car codenamed TopTrump no connection to politics , there , and accompanying Surface Carphone . Because Michaelsoft has had some , ahem , difficulties competing in the personal phone space , it has decided to bring back the largely forgotten CarPhone category as the SuperCarphone . This innovative device category will give Michaelsoft 100 % market shares , guaranteed . Noone else will come close . I can even leak to you today a topsecret render of this astounding new device categoryThe SurfaceCar and S u r f aceCarphonecontentuploads 201409 CarMobilePhone . jpgEnjoy