by Anthony Colombo | Jan 2, 2019 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Environment, Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking
Jan. 2, 2019, Deonna Anderson, Yes! magazine The effort to divest from Wall Street—and stop environment-killing projects gained momentum after the historic pipeline protest. Here’s what a city needs, and could gain, from municipal banking. In February 2017, Seattle...
by Anthony Colombo | May 18, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, Monetary Policy, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Student Loans
By Zac Townsend | San Francisco Chronicle OPINION, May 7, 2018, 6:00pm We should organize San Francisco to prioritize supporting local financial institutions over big banks — some of the least ethical corporations in the United States. Almost every dollar the...
by Anthony Colombo | May 9, 2018 | Economics, Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
By T. S. Last / Journal Staff Writer Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 at 9:40pm SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe is not ready for a public bank, but the city should work with the Legislature and state officials to look into creating a public bank at the state level that Santa Fe and...
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 25, 2018 | Commercial Banking, Economics, National, New Jersey, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
March 25, 2018 – American Banker, Laura Alix Call it Bank of North Dakota envy. Whenever they are frustrated with the services provided by traditional banks — or lack thereof — public officials will float the idea of creating a government-owned bank that, similar to...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 14, 2017 | Public Bank, Economics, Local Economies, National, News, Public Banking
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond. By Jimmy Tobias | SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 | The Nation The progressive left is at its best when it combines visionary politics with pragmatic action, when it makes people’s lives better in a...
by Anthony Colombo | Sep 9, 2016 | Public Bank, Economics, National, News, Print Media, Public Banking
Former Goldman Sachs executive also called for a higher minimum wage, tax breaks for those with lower incomes, and efforts to encourage high-tech. Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy called for a sweeping revision of state economic policies during a...