by Anthony Colombo | Jan 16, 2017 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
PUBLIC banks have an excellent track record in helping states and cities finance infrastructure, among other public services. In his Jan. 1 guest column, Michael Waite overlooks this fact, failing to mention that North Dakota has used a state-owned bank for nearly 100...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 7, 2017 | Monetary Policy, National, News
New information on conflicts of interest that would challenge even a saint While the president-elect’s finances remain murky, due largely to his refusal to release his tax returns, the newspaper reports that he owes at least hundreds of millions of dollars, that the...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 7, 2017 | Monetary Policy, National, News
Northwest Ohio supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders in his run for President have launched a nationwide push to enlist other organizations to send it letters and take to social media to endorse a demand that President-elect Donald Trump fulfill a campaign pledge....
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 7, 2017 | New LTE
Recently, discussions about a public bank in Santa Fe have increased. This note addresses skepticism expressed about the utility of a chartered public bank. Chartered banks have a marvelous, some say almost magical, way of creating money in the economy by advancing...
by Anthony Colombo | Jan 2, 2017 | New LTE
In response to David Shulman’s recent letter suggesting that the city of Santa Fe is not ready to run a public bank (“Not ready,” Dec. 16), let me say that the city would not be running the bank. At this time, there is much about the management, oversight, etc. of the...