by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, The Unbanked
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay By Katherine Carter & Patrick Hain, National League of Cities | July 10, 2020 As cities across the country consider ways that they can address the growing inequities throughout their communities, an important element is where a...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Image courtesy Public Banking Institute By Cassandra Day, The Middletown Press | July 11, 2020 Local stakeholders are hoping to enlighten people about the possibility of creating a public banking system which potentially could become a financial lifeline to...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 13, 2020 | Economics, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: Ameya Pawar (Rich Hein/ Sun-Times) By Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times| July 10, 2020 A New Mexico state public bank would accept and invest public funds, not offering retail bank accounts but rather supporting community banks and credit unions. ...
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 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...