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Challenging Misinformation About a NM State Public Bank
By Retake Our Democracy | February 11, 2021 Angela Merkert, Executive Director of Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity spoke on Saturday with Paul Gibson on Retake Our Democracy on KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio about what a State Public Bank is, and...
Albuquerque City Council Supports a Public Bank for New Mexico
January 20, 2021 – Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity recently gained the public support of the Albuquerque City Council. The City of Albuquerque will join the cities of Santa Fe and Las Cruces in supporting a public bank for New...
New push for state public bank in 2021 legislative session
By KRQE | January 16, 2021 Watch as Dan Mayfield of the New Mexico Credit Union Association explains to KRQE's Brady Wakayama and Stephanie Chavez that a New Mexico public bank is “a great low cost, very easy way to make sure small businesses and...
Las Cruces City Council Discusses Formation Of A Public Bank In New Mexico
By KRWG | December 14, 2020 Alliance for Local Prosperity presented to the Las Cruces City Council on December 14, 2020 on the merits of a public bank for New Mexico. Supporters for a NM Public Bank include State Senator-Elect Carrie Hamblen,...
The Benefits of Forming a NM Public Bank
By Retake Our Democracy | June 23, 2020 AFLEP is joined by Ellen Brown, Chair of the Public Banking Institute, and Paul Stull, President and CEO of the Credit Union Association of New Mexico for this panel discussion about the potential...
Public Banking Institute Public Banking Video Series
Public banking sweeps across the country
In the years since the financial crisis, vibrant campaigns for public banks have emerged all across the country. The time for public banks in the U.S. has come.
Revolution at the Federal Reserve: Nomi Prins and Thomas Hanna
Revolution at the Federal Reserve: Nomi Prins and Thomas Hanna The Laura Flanders Show January 22, 2019 As Jim Yong Kim resigns from the World Bank, we talk about the way central banks steer world development and for whom. Former Goldman...
A Public Bank for Public Good – The Laura Flanders Show
The Laura Flanders Show June 12, 2018 Public Bank NYC — Is a public bank in the financial capital of the world possible? How would that public bank help worker co-ops, students, entrepreneurs, and more? Guests from New York’s New Economy...
How Central Bankers Rigged the World with Nomi Prins – The Laura Flanders Show
How Central Bankers Rigged the World with Nomi Prins The Laura Flanders Show June 12, 2018
Upcoming Events
A discussion with Ray Archuleta and David Johnson about regenerative agriculture in New Mexico. Part of NMSU’s series of Environmental Sustainability Talks.
California’s New Public Banking Option Opens Door for Real Community Investment
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Economy & Labor
Oct 22, 2019
Janine Jackson interviews Public Bank LA’s Trinity Tran about public banking for the October 11, 2019, episode of “CounterSpin.”
Ellen Brown’s
2019 Book
Today most of our money is created, not by governments, but by banks when they make loans. This book takes the reader step by step through the sausage factory of modern money creation, explores improvements made possible by advances in digital technology, and proposes upgrades that could transform our outmoded nineteenth century system into one that is democratic, sustainable, and serves the needs of the twenty-first century.
“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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