by Anthony Colombo | Jun 14, 2014 | Local Economies, Podcasts, Public Banking
Listen to Craig Barnes interview two experts on public banking, Gwen Hallsmith, Executive Director of the Public Banking Institute, and Mike Krauss, a director of the Public Banking Institute and chairman of the Pennsylvania Project–an organization dedicated to...
by Anthony Colombo | Jun 11, 2014 | Commercial Banking, News, Public Banking
Gwen most recently made national headlines with her work in Vermont to ask Town Meetings to consider public banking. On March 4th, 18 cities and towns in Vermont voted to endorse a resolution directing the state legislators to create a State Bank for Vermont....
by Anthony Colombo | Jun 11, 2014 | Local Economies, News, Print Media, Public Banking
From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Mayor wants to study possibility of launching public bank Posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:00 pm | Updated: 8:08 am, Wed Jun 11, 2014. By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican Mayor Javier Gonzales wants to study the feasibility of creating a...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 9, 2015 | National, News, Public Banking
Published in Bucks County Courier Times December 9, 2015 By Mike Krauss Across the United States, states and municipal governments struggle to provide essential public services, such as schools, public safety, courts and prisons, public health, transportation...
by Anthony Colombo | Jul 10, 2015 | Monetary Policy, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Posted on July 3, 2015 by Ellen Brown Pope Francis’ revolutionary encyclical addresses not just climate change but the banking crisis. Interestingly, the solution to that crisis may have been modeled in the Middle Ages by Franciscan monks following the Saint from whom...