by Anthony Colombo | Apr 12, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
As a society obsessed by money, we pay a gigantic price for not educating high school and college students about money and banking. The ways of the giant global banks – both commercial and investment operations – are as mysterious as they are damaging to the people....
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 8, 2017 | Commercial Banking, Monetary Policy, National, News
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari told CNBC on Friday banks need “about twice as much” rainy-day capital to effectively address “too big to fail,” which put U.S. taxpayers on the hook to bail out Wall Street firms during the...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 8, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
Elaine Sullivan of Banking on New Mexico speaks to a sanctuary full of Santa Feans at an interfaith forum on public banking, March 30, 2017. By HANNAH COLTON • KSFR.org | APR 4, 2017 We’re looking at the latest push for a public bank for the City of Santa Fe …...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 1, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank
How did deep-red North Dakota end up with the nation’s most populist financial institution? When the financial crisis struck in 2008, nearly every state legislature was left contending with massive revenue shortfalls. Every state legislature, that is, except North...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 1, 2017 | National, News, Public Banking
Call it the “public option.” With Wall Street as greedy as it ever was, and the Trump administration seeking to ditch banking restrictions enacted in 2008 to protect the little people, a handful of cities are considering a do-it-yourself alternative:...