by Angela Merkert, Executive Director, AFLEP — With the challenges in the financial system—banks closing, fintech gaining market space, interest rates rising—lending for small businesses is decreasing. One recent business article reported that the U.S. loan approval...
Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzalez: Public banking worth exploring in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Mayor, Javier Gonzalez, talks about the importance of the Banking on New Mexico Symposium: Funding Local, Sustainable Economies for the City of Santa Fe. The Symposium is happening today, Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10:30 am to 9:00 pm, at the Santa Fe...Craig Barnes in the Press — Public bank can make sense for NM
From the Op-Ed pages of The Albuquerque Journal: Public bank can make sense for NM By Craig Barnes / Founder, We Are People Here! PUBLISHED: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 12:02 am According to recent reports, of all the states in the union, last year New Mexico had...Public Banking in the Press — Report from Finance New Mexico about Public Banking and Banking on New Mexico Symposium
From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Finance New Mexico: Public banking gets a hearing at symposium Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 7:00 pm For The New Mexican With tighter credit standards that have resulted in fewer loans since the recession of 2008, some are backing...Craig Barnes in the Press — Bringing Democracy to Banking
From the New Mexico Mercury: Bringing Democracy to Banking September 15, 2014 By Craig Barnes Inequality has returned to the United States. Americans are now faced, not only with huge disadvantages in economic competition; politically, we are faced with the rise of a...An Invitation: To Be Inspired and Informed at the Banking On New Mexico Symposium – September 26-27, 2014
History suggests that at least two important conditions precede social change: One is education about society’s true conditions, an education that has to spread out from the elite to the general population. The very well established, of course, naturally delay or...
Access to Capital in New Mexico is Tightening
The Movement To Stop Dollar Stores From Suffocating Black Communities
By AALLYAH WRIGHT for Capital B News | MAY 17, 2023 — Some say the stores—disproportionately found in low-income, rural, and Black areas—stifle economic growth and job creation and exacerbate food insecurity. For years, the Rev. Donald Perryman wondered why the...
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
SEED NM 2022 Symposium: Bob Mang on how business guilds can regenerate communities
Bob Mang, Re-Genesis Inc, Co-Founder (Retired) and AFLEP Board member, talks about rural economic development and how business guilds can regenerate communities.Jan 14, 2022
VIDEO Challenging Misinformation About a NM State Public Bank
Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
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“I had the good fortune to work on this initiative before Bernie kidnapped all my time. This is one of those no-brainer initiatives that only the 1% could oppose. It has the potential to save the state millions of dollars by vastly reducing the cost of its bonds to improve infrastructure funding. in a public bank, our state funds can be used to build our local economy and our local infrastructure.”
– Paul Gibson
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