by Anthony Colombo | May 23, 2015 | Local Economies, News, Public Banking
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...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 3, 2015 | Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
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...
by Anthony Colombo | Apr 1, 2015 | Local Economies, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
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....
by Anthony Colombo | Mar 21, 2015 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, News, Public Bank
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...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 22, 2015 | Local Economies, News, Public Banking
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt, Posted on Feb 12, 2015 In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation’s only state-owned bank, “is more profitable than Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has a better credit rating than J.P....
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 14, 2015 | Environment, Local Economies, News, Public Banking
Banking on the Environment A growing movement in Boulder sees public banking as the answer to a greener future By Caitlin Rockett Boulder Weekly, Thursday, February 5, 2015 Banking might not seem like the answer to a healthier environment, but there’s a growing...