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🏦 State Banking

Explorations of publicly owned financial institutions and their potential to reshape economies, from historical precedents to contemporary arguments for democratic control of credit.
Too Big to Fail
by Gary H. Stern • 2004
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
3.60
25
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail 91%
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
by Gary H. Stern 2004
3.60
25 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard
Modernising Money
by Andrew Jackson • 2012
Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.
4.34
53
🔄 Monetary Reform🏛️ Banking Reform💵 Money Creation
Modernising Money Summary
Modernising Money 90%
Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.
by Andrew Jackson 2012
4.34
53 ratings
🔄 Monetary Reform🏛️ Banking Reform💵 Money Creation
America's Bank
by Roger Lowenstein • 2015
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
3.81
1k+
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics
America's Bank Summary
America's Bank 90%
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
by Roger Lowenstein 2015
3.81
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics
The Money Problem
by Morgan Ricks • 2016
Panics, not bubbles, destroy economies. And panics start wherever short-term debt acts like cash.
4.33
45
📋 Financial Regulation🏦 Shadow Banking🏃 Bank Runs
The Money Problem Summary
The Money Problem 90%
Panics, not bubbles, destroy economies. And panics start wherever short-term debt acts like cash.
by Morgan Ricks 2016
4.33
45 ratings
📋 Financial Regulation🏦 Shadow Banking🏃 Bank Runs
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
by Peter Conti-Brown • 2016
The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.
4.21
137
🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy🗳️ Political Economy
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary
The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve 90%
The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.
by Peter Conti-Brown 2016
4.21
137 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy🗳️ Political Economy
The Bankers' New Clothes
by Anat Admati • 2013
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
3.83
776
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes 90%
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
by Anat Admati 2013
3.83
776 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
21st Century Monetary Policy
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2022
A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.
4.21
1k+
🏦 Central Banking💵 Monetary Policy🏛️ Institutional History
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy 90%
A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💵 Monetary Policy🏛️ Institutional History
Lombard Street
by Walter Bagehot • 1873
All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.
3.89
435
🏦 Central Banking🚨 Financial Panics🔄 Credit Cycles
Lombard Street Summary
Lombard Street 90%
All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.
by Walter Bagehot 1873
3.89
435 ratings
🏦 Central Banking🚨 Financial Panics🔄 Credit Cycles
How the Other Half Banks
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
4.09
626
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 89%
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015
4.09
626 ratings
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
Bank 3.0
by Brett King • 2012
Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.
3.63
384
🏦 Retail Banking💻 Digital Transformation📱 Fintech
Bank 3.0 Summary
Bank 3.0 89%
Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.
by Brett King 2012
3.63
384 ratings
🏦 Retail Banking💻 Digital Transformation📱 Fintech
Digital Bank
by Chris Skinner • 2013
A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.
3.71
237
🏦 Digital Banking💻 Financial Technology📱 Mobile Banking
Digital Bank Summary
Digital Bank 89%
A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.
by Chris Skinner 2013
3.71
237 ratings
🏦 Digital Banking💻 Financial Technology📱 Mobile Banking
Tower of Basel
by Adam LeBor • 2013
The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.
3.83
697
🏦 Central Banking🌐 International Finance📜 Monetary History
Tower of Basel Summary
Tower of Basel 89%
The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.
by Adam LeBor 2013
3.83
697 ratings
🏦 Central Banking🌐 International Finance📜 Monetary History
The House of Morgan
by Ron Chernow • 1990
Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.
3.96
13k+
🏛️ Banking History👑 Financial Dynasties📈 Wall Street History
The House of Morgan Summary
The House of Morgan 89%
Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.
by Ron Chernow 1990
3.96
13k+ ratings
🏛️ Banking History👑 Financial Dynasties📈 Wall Street History
Easy Money
by Vivek Kaul • 2013
Money's 2,500-year history is a single story: governments debase, bubbles burst, and no one learns.
4.16
224
🪙 Monetary History🫧 Financial Bubbles🏦 Central Banking
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money 89%
Money's 2,500-year history is a single story: governments debase, bubbles burst, and no one learns.
by Vivek Kaul 2013
4.16
224 ratings
🪙 Monetary History🫧 Financial Bubbles🏦 Central Banking
The Digital Banking Revolution
by Luigi Wewege • 2017
FinTech is unbundling banking, service by service. The playbook for fighting back.
3.86
21
🏦 Digital Banking💻 Financial Technology⚡ Industry Disruption
The Digital Banking Revolution Summary
The Digital Banking Revolution 89%
FinTech is unbundling banking, service by service. The playbook for fighting back.
by Luigi Wewege 2017
3.86
21 ratings
🏦 Digital Banking💻 Financial Technology⚡ Industry Disruption
All the Presidents' Bankers
by Nomi Prins • 2014
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
4.07
539
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture
All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
All the Presidents' Bankers 89%
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
by Nomi Prins 2014
4.07
539 ratings
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Breaking Banks
by Brett King • 2014
Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.
3.68
140
🏦 Digital Banking💥 Fintech Disruption📱 Branchless Banking
Breaking Banks Summary
Breaking Banks 89%
Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.
by Brett King 2014
3.68
140 ratings
🏦 Digital Banking💥 Fintech Disruption📱 Branchless Banking
The End of Alchemy
by Mervyn A. King • 2016
Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.
4.07
2k+
🏦 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking
The End of Alchemy Summary
The End of Alchemy 89%
Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.
by Mervyn A. King 2016
4.07
2k+ ratings
🏦 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking
Marketcrafters
by Chris Hughes • 2025
Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.
3.78
178
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy
Marketcrafters Summary
Marketcrafters 89%
Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.
by Chris Hughes 2025
3.78
178 ratings
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy
The New Lombard Street
by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
4.26
274
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing
The New Lombard Street Summary
The New Lombard Street 89%
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
by Perry G. Mehrling 2010
4.26
274 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing
Modern Money Mechanics
by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago • 2009
Banks create money when they lend, not the government. The Fed only controls the starting point.
4.07
75
🏦 Federal Reserve💰 Money Creation🏛️ Fractional Reserve Banking
Modern Money Mechanics Summary
Modern Money Mechanics 89%
Banks create money when they lend, not the government. The Fed only controls the starting point.
by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2009
4.07
75 ratings
🏦 Federal Reserve💰 Money Creation🏛️ Fractional Reserve Banking
Capitalizing on Crisis
by Greta R. Krippner • 2011
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
4.35
181
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation
Capitalizing on Crisis Summary
Capitalizing on Crisis 89%
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
by Greta R. Krippner 2011
4.35
181 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation
Crashed
by Adam Tooze • 2018
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
4.29
4k+
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy
Crashed Summary
Crashed 89%
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
by Adam Tooze 2018
4.29
4k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy
Maestro
by Bob Woodward • 2000
A 22.6% crash. A new Fed chair. One sentence to calm the world, and the quiet method behind it all.
3.42
876
🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy💥 Financial Crises
Maestro Summary
Maestro 89%
A 22.6% crash. A new Fed chair. One sentence to calm the world, and the quiet method behind it all.
by Bob Woodward 2000
3.42
876 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy💥 Financial Crises
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen • 2017
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
4.22
281
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 89%
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
by Steve Keen 2017
4.22
281 ratings
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Central Banking 101
by Joseph J. Wang • 2021
Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.
4.39
1k+
🏦 Central Banking💵 Money And Banking🏚️ Shadow Banking
Central Banking 101 Summary
Central Banking 101 89%
Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.
by Joseph J. Wang 2021
4.39
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💵 Money And Banking🏚️ Shadow Banking
The Lost Bank
by Kirsten Grind • 2012
A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.
4.12
1k+
🏦 Banking History💥 Financial Crises💸 Subprime Lending
The Lost Bank Summary
The Lost Bank 89%
A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.
by Kirsten Grind 2012
4.12
1k+ ratings
🏦 Banking History💥 Financial Crises💸 Subprime Lending
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
by Ray Dalio • 2018
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
4.35
3k+
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises 89%
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
by Ray Dalio 2018
4.35
3k+ ratings
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy
Money and Power
by William D. Cohan • 2011
Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.
3.85
2k+
🏦 Investment Banking🏛️ Wall Street History📜 Corporate Biography
Money and Power Summary
Money and Power 89%
Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.
by William D. Cohan 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏦 Investment Banking🏛️ Wall Street History📜 Corporate Biography
The FINTECH Book
by Susanne Chishti • 2016
FinTech isn't just disrupting banking. It's rewriting who participates in the global economy.
3.46
252
📱 Fintech🏦 Banking Innovation🔄 Digital Transformation
The FINTECH Book Summary
The FINTECH Book 89%
FinTech isn't just disrupting banking. It's rewriting who participates in the global economy.
by Susanne Chishti 2016
3.46
252 ratings
📱 Fintech🏦 Banking Innovation🔄 Digital Transformation
Exile on Wall Street
by Mike Mayo • 2011
Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.
3.69
260
🏦 Banking Industry📖 Wall Street Memoirs📉 Financial Crises
Exile on Wall Street Summary
Exile on Wall Street 89%
Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.
by Mike Mayo 2011
3.69
260 ratings
🏦 Banking Industry📖 Wall Street Memoirs📉 Financial Crises
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2013
What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.
4.16
451
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis 89%
What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2013
4.16
451 ratings
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises
Red Capitalism
by Carl E. Walter • 2010
China's state banks near collapse every decade. The bailout is the system, not an exception.
3.85
463
🧧 Chinese Economy💰 Crony Capitalism🫧 Financial Fragility
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism 89%
China's state banks near collapse every decade. The bailout is the system, not an exception.
by Carl E. Walter 2010
3.85
463 ratings
🧧 Chinese Economy💰 Crony Capitalism🫧 Financial Fragility
The Fiat Standard
by Saifedean Ammous • 2021
Money backed by nothing but debt reshapes human behavior from the table to the battlefield.
4.24
2k+
🏛️ Austrian Economics📜 Monetary History₿ Bitcoin Advocacy
The Fiat Standard Summary
The Fiat Standard 88%
Money backed by nothing but debt reshapes human behavior from the table to the battlefield.
by Saifedean Ammous 2021
4.24
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics📜 Monetary History₿ Bitcoin Advocacy
Practical Data Analytics for BFSI
by Mr. Bharat Sikka • 2023
ATM refills, fraud alerts, loan approvals: the data models that run a modern bank.
🏦 Banking Analytics💼 Financial Services🗂️ Data Governance
Practical Data Analytics for BFSI Summary
Practical Data Analytics for BFSI 88%
ATM refills, fraud alerts, loan approvals: the data models that run a modern bank.
by Mr. Bharat Sikka 2023
🏦 Banking Analytics💼 Financial Services🗂️ Data Governance
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
3.96
195
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 88%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
Other People's Money
by John Kay • 2015
Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Financial Systems📈 Financialization⚠️ Systemic Risk
Other People's Money Summary
Other People's Money 88%
Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.
by John Kay 2015
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Systems📈 Financialization⚠️ Systemic Risk
Why Minsky Matters
by L. Randall Wray • 2015
Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.
4.17
202
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics⚠️ Financial Instability🔄 Economic Cycles
Why Minsky Matters Summary
Why Minsky Matters 88%
Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.
by L. Randall Wray 2015
4.17
202 ratings
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics⚠️ Financial Instability🔄 Economic Cycles
Bank 2.0
by Brett King • 2010
The banking business model is broken. The replacement is already in your pocket.
3.61
193
🏦 Retail Banking💼 Financial Services🔄 Digital Transformation
Bank 2.0 Summary
Bank 2.0 88%
The banking business model is broken. The replacement is already in your pocket.
by Brett King 2010
3.61
193 ratings
🏦 Retail Banking💼 Financial Services🔄 Digital Transformation
Inside Money
by Zachary Karabell • 2021
The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.
4.09
411
🏦 Private Banking🗽 Wall Street History🏛️ American Establishment
Inside Money Summary
Inside Money 88%
The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.
by Zachary Karabell 2021
4.09
411 ratings
🏦 Private Banking🗽 Wall Street History🏛️ American Establishment
The Price Of Money
by Rob Dix • 2022
A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.
4.45
775
🏦 Central Banking💸 Fiat Currency📉 Inflation Economics
The Price Of Money Summary
The Price Of Money 88%
A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.
by Rob Dix 2022
4.45
775 ratings
🏦 Central Banking💸 Fiat Currency📉 Inflation Economics
A Nation of Deadbeats
by Scott Reynolds Nelson • 2012
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
3.69
136
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats 88%
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012
3.69
136 ratings
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles
The Lords of Easy Money
by Christopher Leonard • 2022
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
4.32
3k+
🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Federal Reserve🫧 Asset Bubbles
The Lords of Easy Money Summary
The Lords of Easy Money 88%
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
by Christopher Leonard 2022
4.32
3k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Federal Reserve🫧 Asset Bubbles
Broken Money
by Lyn Alden • 2023
Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.
4.60
3k+
📜 Monetary History🪙 Sound Money🏛️ Austrian Economics
Broken Money Summary
Broken Money 88%
Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.
by Lyn Alden 2023
4.60
3k+ ratings
📜 Monetary History🪙 Sound Money🏛️ Austrian Economics
The Breaking Point
by James Dale Davidson • 2016
Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.
3.57
42
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics
The Breaking Point Summary
The Breaking Point 88%
Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.
by James Dale Davidson 2016
3.57
42 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray N. Rothbard • 2018
Why gold became money, how governments broke it, and the tax nobody sees coming.
4.31
955
🏫 Austrian Economics💰 Monetary Theory🥇 Gold Standard
What Has Government Done to Our Money? Summary
What Has Government Done to Our Money? 88%
Why gold became money, how governments broke it, and the tax nobody sees coming.
by Murray N. Rothbard 2018
4.31
955 ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics💰 Monetary Theory🥇 Gold Standard
Aftermath
by Rickards James • 2019
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
4.09
676
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 88%
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
by Rickards James 2019
4.09
676 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk
Money. Wealth. Life Insurance.
by Jake Thompson • 2014
Life insurance can be your tax-free bank: borrow from it while your money keeps compounding.
4.16
908
🏦 Infinite Banking💰 Tax-Free Investing🛡️ Wealth Preservation
Money. Wealth. Life Insurance. Summary
Money. Wealth. Life Insurance. 88%
Life insurance can be your tax-free bank: borrow from it while your money keeps compounding.
by Jake Thompson 2014
4.16
908 ratings
🏦 Infinite Banking💰 Tax-Free Investing🛡️ Wealth Preservation
Bailout Nation
by Barry Ritholtz • 2009
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
3.87
572
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 88%
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
by Barry Ritholtz 2009
3.87
572 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
The Ascent of Money
by Niall Ferguson • 2007
Wars are won on bond markets, not battlefields. A financial historian rewrites the story of power.
3.90
31k+
🏛️ Financial History📈 Economic History🏦 Banking Systems
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money 88%
Wars are won on bond markets, not battlefields. A financial historian rewrites the story of power.
by Niall Ferguson 2007
3.90
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Financial History📈 Economic History🏦 Banking Systems
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