by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | California, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Trinity Tran/Twitter By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams | July 10, 2020 “If California is serious about addressing racial and income inequities, we must create a banking system that centers people not profits.” In a move advocacy groups...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 9, 2020 | Bank of North Dakota, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo via Bank of North Dakota, LinkedIn By Bank of North Dakota | July 7, 2020 Imagine if New Mexico could realize the substantial profit from its own public bank that North Dakota’s public bank generated for their state in 2019 The state-owned Bank of...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 9, 2020 | News, Postal Banking
Photo by docentjoyce/CC BY 2.0 By Melanie G. Long, The Conversation | July 8, 2020 Being unbanked is costly. A state public bank could support the growth of community banks and credit unions; postal banking is another way to make banking more accessible to the...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 8, 2020 | Economics, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Ken Lund/CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ameya Pawar, Harish I. Patel, The Chicago Reporter | July 7, 2020 Local and state governments are facing massive budget deficits after economically sensitive revenue streams tanked as a result of the extreme but necessary...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 7, 2020 | Environment, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Photo: Jose Pasilla weeds a green chile field near Salem in early May. Courtesy Albuquerque Journal. By Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal | July 5, 2020 A New Mexico Public Bank could invest in local economic and community development, such as enhancing our...