Definition of The Glass-Steagall Act:
The Glass-Steagall act was a 1933 United States national law separating investment banking and commercial
banking firms. Also prohibited banks from owning corporate stock. It was
designed to confront the problem that banks in the Great Depression collapsed
because they held a lot of stock.
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