by Anthony Colombo | Dec 15, 2016 | Environment, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Adam Johansson In 1918 in Bismarck, North Dakota, populist socialism won big: The Nonpartisan League, a political party founded by poor farmers and former labor organizers, captured both houses of the North Dakota Legislature. Farmers had been badly hurt by...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 15, 2016 | Environment, National, News, Print Media
Photo: St. Anthony, an unincorporated community in Morton County, N.D. (Kristina Barker / The New York Times) The city should cut its ties with Wells Fargo Bank in part because of the bank’s investment in the Dakota Access Pipeline, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama...
by Anthony Colombo | Dec 11, 2016 | Local Economies, National, News, Print Media, Public Bank, Santa Fe
It was the windswept dust bowl in one of the most rural states in the country that forged America’s one and only public bank. The North Dakota public bank was launched in 1919 after farmers and ranchers, burdened with credit and harsh weather, saw land repossessed by...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 18, 2016 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
The City of Oakland, California joins a host of other communities exploring public banking. In response to long-term economic instability and disappointment with the mainstream banking system, the Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to investigate a public banking...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 17, 2016 | Commercial Banking, National, News
NEW YORK — Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari outlined a dramatic proposal that he says will all but eliminate the risk of another financial crisis, albeit at a cost that is nearly quadruple that of the current post-crisis regulatory framework....
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 16, 2016 | Monetary Policy, National, News
The only thing standing between the American people and another apocalyptic financial collapse among by the biggest banks on Wall Street is the Federal Reserve’s stress tests and capital requirements. After Wall Street laid waste to the U.S. housing market and economy...