New Mexico needs a public bank
Graphic by Shutterstock By Doug Lynam, Santa Fe New Mexican | January 5, 2020 New Mexico is No. 1. In payday lenders per capita, that is. According to a study by California State University, Northridge, we have almost 10 times more payday lenders than we do...
2020 Was the Year of Demystifying Money for Cities
Photo by Jorge Salvador on Unsplash By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City | December 29, 2020 Money. Where is it? Where does it come from? Who is working on ways to get more of it to where cities need it most? When I look back at 2020, I see these are the questions...
Tackling the Infrastructure and Unemployment Crises: The “American System” Solution
Photo courtesy Pixabay.com By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog | December 18, 2020 A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solve not one but two of...
Las Cruces City Council Discusses Formation Of A Public Bank In New Mexico
Image via occupy.com By Madison Staten, KRWG | December 15, 2020 The Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity is calling on the Las Cruces City Council to approve a resolution in support of a public bank in New Mexico.Angela Merkert, the executive director of the...
Bank of North Dakota Releases COVID-19 Relief Numbers
Photo courtesy Bank of North Dakota By AM1100 The Flag | December 12, 2020 Bank of North Dakota (BND) released its final COVID-relief program numbers and amounts for the four programs it administered to stimulate economic recovery. The Bank utilized its network...Upcoming Events
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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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