by Anthony Colombo | Oct 31, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Ellen Brown | Web of Debt | Oct 30, 2017 Crushing regulations are driving small banks to sell out to the megabanks, a consolidation process that appears to be intentional. Publicly owned banks can help avoid that trend and keep credit flowing in local...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 21, 2017 | New LTE, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
Given the often “ungressive” character of its editorial positions, it comes as no surprise that The New Mexican advocates against a public bank for Santa Fe (“City must take care of finances,” Our View, Oct. 13). What is especially unattractive, however, is the...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 14, 2017 | Economics, Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond. By Jimmy Tobias | SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 | The Nation The progressive left is at its best when it combines visionary politics with pragmatic action, when it makes people’s lives better in a...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 14, 2017 | Environment, Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
By Ali Tadayon | East Bay Times | October 6, 2017 OAKLAND — Advocates for a public bank in Oakland are looking to Germany for inspiration, as that country’s public banks fund a large portion of the renewable energydevelopment. During a community forum hosted Sept. 25...
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 24, 2017 | New LTE, News
By Rachel Stofocik and Mark Paris | 9-24-17 | New Mexican Berl Brechner (“Is public banking sound policy for city?,” My View, Sept. 17), is concerned that public banking may be too “complex” in a city “where auditors routinely find flaws.” Brechner and your readers...
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 23, 2017 | New LTE, News
by George Gamble | September 23, 2017 Is public banking sound policy for Santa Fe? Berl Brechner (“Is public banking sound policy for city?,” My View, Sept. 17), raises an appropriate question, but he appears to be critical of the systematic educational and...