by Anthony Colombo | Apr 12, 2017 | National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Phil Murphy, the leading Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his campaign. He says the New Jersey bank would “take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey – creating jobs and growing the...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 12, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
As a society obsessed by money, we pay a gigantic price for not educating high school and college students about money and banking. The ways of the giant global banks – both commercial and investment operations – are as mysterious as they are damaging to the people....
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 8, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
Elaine Sullivan of Banking on New Mexico speaks to a sanctuary full of Santa Feans at an interfaith forum on public banking, March 30, 2017. By HANNAH COLTON • KSFR.org | APR 4, 2017 We’re looking at the latest push for a public bank for the City of Santa Fe …...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 1, 2017 | National, News, Public Banking
Call it the “public option.” With Wall Street as greedy as it ever was, and the Trump administration seeking to ditch banking restrictions enacted in 2008 to protect the little people, a handful of cities are considering a do-it-yourself alternative:...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 11, 2017 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking, Santa Fe
Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks. By John Lawrence, San Diego Free Press Public banks are owned by cities, states or other jurisdictions and serve to keep funds...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 25, 2017 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
The earliest days of private banking cartels in America occurred before we were the United States. The pattern of private capital determining government policy is centuries old – but so is the sort of public interest banking emerging in the US now. Ellen’s guest Jim...