by Michelle Mosser | Sep 9, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Local Economies, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Vladimir Solomyani on Unsplash By Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY, The Philadelphia Tribune | September 8, 2020 Amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed systemic inequities, some say a public bank could be a key asset to...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 27, 2020 | News, National, Postal Banking, Public Banking
Photo: Federal Reserve Building, Washington DC (Rafael Saldaña/ CC BY 2.0) By Nik Milanovic, Forbes | August 26, 2020 I recently asked a dumb question that provoked strong reactions: Why isn’t there a national, government-owned consumer bank that offers...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 19, 2020 | News, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank
Photo: New Mexico broadband coverage map, courtesy New Mexico Broadband Map By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | August 17, 2020 42nd in the country for broadband capability. A NM Public Bank could ensure funding for projects that benefit our state, such as...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 18, 2020 | News, COVID-19, Economics, National, PPP, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo: “First Bank of the United States,” National Park Service By Sylvia Chi and Sushil Jacob, Nonprofit Quarterly | August 18, 2020 The pandemic has laid bare the failure of the federal government to justly deal with the economic fallout wrought by a...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 17, 2020 | News, Environment, New Mexico, New Mexico News
Photo: Rio Grande near Mesilla, 2014 (by Laura Paskus) By Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal | August 16, 2020 A NM Public Bank could fund sustainability improvements to New Mexico’s water infrastructure systems, ensuring that NM money is used to address...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 6, 2020 | News, Economics, PPP, Public Bank, Public Banking, Small Business
Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford. Photo by Craig Fildes (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By Sten Spinella, The Day | August 5, 2020 As Connecticut reckons with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers and community organizers have returned to the...