… The differences between the 2008 recession and the Silicon Valley Bank failure are significant. Namely, taxpayers’ money went to bailing out the banking industry in 2008, while insurance that banks pay is bankrolling depositors at failed institutions this time around, not taxpayers. Still, the government is stepping in yet again, and the role the government plays in financial systems is front and center.
How do Americans feel about this? What’s changed? Are people even paying attention to the Silicon Valley Banking crisis? In the five charts below, we explore how Americans are approaching the banking crisis and how opinions on government bailouts have changed in the past decade. CONTINUED
Clifford Young & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos
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