by Leila Salim | Aug 29, 2022 | Economics, New Mexico
Representative Christine Chandler from Los Alamos shared some big ideas for the budget surplus the state legislature will get to work with in the 60-day session this winter. It was published in three papers over the weekend. Here is an excerpt: Diversifying and...
by Michelle Mosser | Feb 23, 2022 | Economics, National, News, Public Bank
NEXT CITY, by Oscar Perry Abello February 17, 2022 The stated mission of the proposed Philadelphia Public Financial Authority is to support Black-owned businesses and other businesses in neighborhoods that have historically lacked access to credit. (photo:...
by Leila Salim | Dec 28, 2021 | Economics, National, News, Public Banking
Image by Images Money / CC BY 2.0 By Ellen Brown / CounterPunch | December 28, 2021 The Fed has options for countering the record inflation the U.S. is facing that are far more productive and less risky than raising interest rates. The Federal Reserve is caught...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 10, 2021 | Economics, Environment, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Friends of Earth Scotland, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Paras Griffin, Truthout | June 9, 2021 The movement to create public banks is gaining ground in many parts of the U.S., particularly as part of an effort among activists and progressive lawmakers to...
by Michelle Mosser | Jun 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Economics, National, News, Small Business
For businesses to reopen and cities to bounce back post-pandemic, it’s going to take some work — and maybe some money from this little-known funding program. (Photo by Bernard Spragg. NZ / Public domain) By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | June 1, 2021 ...
by Michelle Mosser | May 20, 2021 | Economics, National, News, Small Business
Jeff Bezos is one of the biggest winners of this new techno-feudalist system. [Daniel Oberhaus / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Brown, Scheerpost | May 18, 2021 The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy...