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Why The Public Banking Movement Is Up Against the Ropes In 2019
The movement must go left to go forward.
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As Finance Capital Pushes Back, Public Banking Must Build and Take Power
To succeed, the public banking movement needs to be more than a good idea. We need supporters to number in the tens of thousands – for if there is not unyielding public demand, there will be no public bank.
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Blackstone, BlackRock, or a Public Bank? Putting California’s Funds to Work
California has over $700 billion parked in private banks earning minimal interest, private equity funds that contributed to the affordable housing crisis, or shadow banks of the sort that caused the banking collapse of 2008.
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Creating A Public Bank in New Jersey: Will the Inside-Outside Game Work?
A banker from the Belly of the Beast, Goldman Sachs, has emerged to fight New Jersey's entrenched financial interests and implement what, if it succeeds, will be one of the most progressive state agendas in the country.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Can the Public Banking Movement Learn How to Fight?
After Santa Fe ceded ground as the first metropolis ready to lead us into an era of public banking, the City of Los Angeles has jumped to the forefront of the banking revolution.
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Seizing the Public Banking Moment
Public banks can finance a quick post-carbon transition, guarantee employment in communities, facilitate payments of universal basic income, and ensure that state and municipal budgets are always healthy.
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The Public Bank Option: Safer, Local and Half the Cost
Phil Murphy, a former banker with a double-digit lead in New Jersey’s race for governor, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his platform. If he wins on Nov. 7, the nation’s second state-owned bank in a century could follow.
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Saving Illinois: Getting More Bang for the State’s Bucks
Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states aren't far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities. But the state could turn its sizable pension fund into a self-sustaining public bank.
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How Public Banking is Winning the West
From Washington and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, the movement to create city and regional public banks is heating up.
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Surprise, Goldman Sachs: Public Bank of North Dakota Just Outperformed Wall Street
New figures reveal that public banks are safer for depositors, allow public infrastructure costs to be cut in half – and provide a non-criminal alternative to a Wall Street cartel caught in a laundry list of frauds.
