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From Occupying Banks to City Hall: Meet Barcelona’s New Mayor Ada Colau
Transcript from an interview June 5, 2015, between Amy Goodman and Ada Colau for Democracy NOW! A longtime anti-eviction activist has just been elected mayor of Barcelona, becoming the city’s first female mayor. Ada Colau co-founded the anti-eviction group Platform for People Affected by Mortgages and was an active member of the Indignados, or 15-M […]
One in Four Local Banks Has Vanished Since 2008. Why We Should Treat It as a National Crisis. While megabanks make megabucks, local banks are financing businesses that create jobs and improve our well-being. So why are they disappearing so rapidly?
Stacy Mitchell posted May 06, 2015 This article was produced by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, as part of its Community-Scaled Economy Initiative, which produces research and partners with a range of allies to implement public policies that curb economic consolidation and strengthen locally owned enterprise. Here’s a statistic that ought to alarm anyone interested […]
Op-Ed: Don’t Be Afraid of a Municipal Bank. There’s so much to be gained.
BY OTIS BULLOCK | MAY 5, 2015 (This op-ed is in response to recent articles on Phillymag.com about mayoral candidate Anthony Williams’s proposal to create a municipal bank. Otis Bullock supports Williams and has volunteered for his campaign.) Lately there has been much talk about the merits of a municipal bank here in Philadelphia. Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams has been touting it […]
Why a Philly Mayoral Candidate Wants the City to Run a Public Bank
By Alexis Stephens | May 6, 2015 Campaigning candidates often think and talk big in order to win votes, and Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony H. Williams, who’s seeking the Democratic nod in the Philadelphia mayoral race, has proposed a municipal bank as part of his economic platform. Meant to appeal to entrepreneurs, this public bank […]
Derailing Amtrak: The Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis
Why Santa Fe needs a public bank. Is Santa Fe an Amtrak Crash waiting to happen? Santa Fe’s infrastructure needs are only funded at 10%. Derailing Amtrak: The Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis by Ellen Brown, May 17, 2015 http://WebofDebt.wordpress.com The dangerous underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train […]
Colorado needs a public bank
Opinion By Earl Staelin Posted: 02/14/2015 After we bailed out the “too-big-to-fail” Wall Street banks in 2008 and 2009, things appeared to have improved. Today, Wall Street is rebounding and the job market is looking up. But the folks on Main Street working for low hourly wages or Coloradans paying tens of thousands of […]
Stamford Advocate: Committee to Consider Public Bank Bill
By Alexander Soule, Published 7:43 pm, Monday, February 23, 2015 A Connecticut legislator is seeking a study of whether the state should create a publicly held bank as a way to provide a stable source of funding for various projects, among other potential benefits. State Rep. Susan Johnson, D-Windham, proposed the bill, which is under deliberation by the Connecticut […]
HOW PUBLIC BANKING IS WINNING THE WEST
By Matt Stannard February 19, 2015 You’ll read a lot about activism in this story, but most of it won’t sound terribly sexy or radical. There will be no black masks, no broken barricades or cops bashing skulls. Instead, what you’ll read about is hard work, lots of research about banks and economics and feasibility […]
Former Goldman Insider Endorses Public Banks
The Banking on Colorado event a few weeks ago was a great success, and even if you have read articles or books by Nomi Prins, you really have to watch this video of her rousing keynote address. It was truly remarkable to see a former Goldman Sachs insider heaping praise on public banking, pointing out […]
American Banker, Nation’s Preeminent Banking Journal, Strikes a Note on Public Banking
by Matt Stannard | February 18, 2015 American Banker, founded in 1836, is America’s oldest and most important banking journal. Over half a million people read its five day-a-week news site every month, and over 35,000 people subscribe to the print version. Independent of any portion of the banking industry, American Banker has won accolades […]
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
“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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