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Observations of Ellen Brown on WSJ Article about the Bank of North Dakota
In an article in The Wall Street Journal dated November 16, 2014 and entitled Shale Boom Helps North Dakota Bank Earn Returns Goldman Would Envy, Chester Dawson relates a largely factually correct representation of the Bank of North Dakota. However, the interpretation of these facts is easily questioned. Ellen Brown, a major intellectual leader of […]
Public Banking in the Press — NYTimes Blog, You’re The Boss: What North Dakota’s Public Bank Does for Small Businesses
One of the major roles of the Bank of North Dakota (BND) is to support small businesses within the state. This story, which was in the New York Times Blog, You’re the Boss — The Art of Running a Small Business on March 13, 2014, gives some detail about how BND can help a small […]
Santa Fe City Council Approves Resolution to Study Impact of a Public Bank for Santa Fe
The Santa Fe City Council approved a resolution to move forward on a study of the long-term benefits of a public bank for the City of Santa Fe. The resolution was sponsored by Mayor Javier Gonzales and Councilors Peter Ives and Joe Maestas. They were joined by Councilors Patti Bushee and Carmichael Dominguez, who asked […]
Public Banking Call to Action: Attend the Santa Fe City Council Meeting — October 29
Banking on New Mexico encourages you to attend the next meeting of the Santa Fe City Council to help move public banking forward. After approval by City of Santa Fe’s Finance Committee on October 20, 2014, the resolution for a feasibility study of the benefits of a public bank will be on the agenda of […]
City of Santa Fe Finance Committee to Consider Feasibility Study for a Public Bank
The Finance Committee of the City of Santa Fe will convene for a regular meeting in the Santa Fe City Council Chambers at 5:00 pm on Monday, October 20, 2014. On the agenda is: 23. Request for Approval of a Resolution Directing Staff to Analyze the Potential Opportunities of Establishing Public Banking Functions for the […]
Philadelphia Symposium on Public Banking — Public Banks for Public Works: Banking on the Common Wealth
Pennsylvania Public Bank Project and the Public Banking Institute together presented a national public banking symposium in 2014, Public Banks for Public Works: Banking in the Common Wealth — A symposium to educate and inform the citizens of Pennsylvania and its neighbors about the role a public bank could play in supporting an economy that […]
Public Banking in the Press — The Public Banking Institute, One of Five Groups Seeking City of Santa Fe Contract for Study on Public Banking
The City of Santa Fe issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in August of this year to study the feasibility of establishing a public bank for the city (see City of Santa Fe issues RFQ to study a public bank). As outlined in the following article from today’s Santa Fe New Mexican, the submissions will […]
Public Banking in the Press — Public banking debate starts in Santa Fe
From the pages of The Albuquerque Journal: Public banking debate starts in Santa Fe By Mark Oswald / Journal Staff Writer PUBLISHED: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 12:05 am Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales has put forth the first big idea of his administration – the possibility of creating a public bank in Santa Fe. […]
Santa Fe Symposium Speakers Gwendolyn Hallsmith and Dr. Thomas Keidel on the Tim Danahey Show
Tim Danahey set up his portable studio in the Green Room of the Banking On New Mexico Symposium to interview several of the invited speakers at the Symposium. The Symposium, whose principal topic was public banking, was held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on Saturday, September 27, 2014. Videos of the full program […]
Public Banking in the Press: Public bank advocates gain advice from experts – A Report from the Banking On New Mexico Symposium
From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Public bank advocates gain advice from experts Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:00 pm | Updated: 11:18 pm, Sat Sep 27, 2014. By Ed Moreno For The New Mexican The path to establish a publicly owned bank will be scattered with legal and political obstacles, but scores of citizens, […]
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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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