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From Occupying Banks to City Hall: Meet Barcelona’s New Mayor Ada Colau
Transcript from an interview June 5, 2015, between Amy Goodman and Ada Colau for Democracy NOW! A longtime anti-eviction activist has just been elected mayor of Barcelona, becoming the city’s first female mayor. Ada Colau co-founded the anti-eviction group Platform...One in Four Local Banks Has Vanished Since 2008. Why We Should Treat It as a National Crisis. While megabanks make megabucks, local banks are financing businesses that create jobs and improve our well-being. So why are they disappearing so rapidly?
Stacy Mitchell posted May 06, 2015 This article was produced by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, as part of its Community-Scaled Economy Initiative, which produces research and partners with a range of allies to implement public policies that curb economic...Op-Ed: Don’t Be Afraid of a Municipal Bank. There’s so much to be gained.
BY OTIS BULLOCK | MAY 5, 2015 (This op-ed is in response to recent articles on Phillymag.com about mayoral candidate Anthony Williams’s proposal to create a municipal bank. Otis Bullock supports Williams and has volunteered for his campaign.) Lately there has been...Colorado needs a public bank
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...Stamford Advocate: Committee to Consider Public Bank Bill
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....
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Episode: Everyone deserves a public bank
Join those who’ve endorsed a Public Bank for New Mexico
“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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