by Michelle Mosser | Dec 3, 2019 | Local Economies, New Mexico, News, Public Banking
By Peter Goodman / KRWG Public Media / Oct 6, 2019 COMMENTARY: Suppose, in 1919, New Mexico, a cattle-raising state being taken advantage of by large cattle-dealers and big eastern banks, had formed its own state bank? In agricultural North Dakota, a populist wave...
by Michelle Mosser | Nov 23, 2019 | Economics, Monetary Policy, News, Public Banking
Canary Wharf financial district. Photo by Ronnie Day, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Grace Blakeley, NewStatesmanAmerica / October 28, 2019 Faced with the threat of a new recession, climate breakdown and the rise of the far right, the transformative is starting to look...
by Michelle Mosser | Nov 12, 2019 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking, Student Loans
Photo: Rachel Leathe/Chronicle – Zachary Krumm is running for an open seat on the Bozeman City Commission against two other candidates. By Katheryn Houghton, Bozeman Daily Chronicle / Oct 17, 2019 A city commission candidate who wants to create public housing...
by Michelle Mosser | Nov 12, 2019 | California, Commercial Banking, Economics, National, News, Public Banking
The move shifts power away from profit-motivated board members of corporate banks and into the hands of the people. By Aaron Fernando, The Progressive / Oct. 24, 2019 When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional...
by Michelle Mosser | Nov 12, 2019 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Banking
photo: Kurtis Wu / San Francisco Public Bank Coalition By Glenn Daigon, Who. What. Why. / Nov 5, 2019 For only the second time in 100 years, a people-powered coalition overcame the stiff opposition of the banking lobby to successfully pass a law that legalizes...
by Michelle Mosser | Oct 8, 2019 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Banking
The new law promises to take taxpayer money back from Wall Street and reinvest it in communities. By Ananya Garg, Yes! Magazine / Oct 3, 2019 The Standing Rock movement in 2016 brought together Indigenous activists from across the nation to fight against the...