Public banking has come to the attention of the Wall Street Journal. Although the Journal wants to credit North Dakota’s economic success to fracking, we know that that state had a strong economy long before it discovered shale oil. Ellen Brown, founder of the Public Banking Institute (PBI), wrote a great analysis of the WSJ’s…
This article from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org) reports on the findings of a 2014 survey of 2,602 small businesses from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These businesses range from startups to those who have been in continuous operation for more than a century. The median age of them is 13 years and the…
In a fiery but measured speech on the Senate floor, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren blasted the close ties between CitiGroup, Congress, and the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations as Wall Street “cronyism”. Channeling trust-busting, progressive President Teddy Roosevelt, Warren called for “opening up Dodd-Frank to make it tougher” and for an end to “too big…
In our presentations and blog posts, Arizonans for a New Economy often touches on how cities, counties, and states fund infrastructure projects. In this Top 10 Ways Arizona’s Economy Would Benefit from Public Banking, we discussed the City of Tucson’s bond initiative to fix the potholes. By going to the Wall Street bond market for…
Are you ready to learn more about public banking and how it can help Arizona businesses and people thrive? If so, you’re in luck. This winter, Arizonans for a New Economy (ANE) has two free public events planned: the Dec. 8 Sustainable Tucson Meeting in downtown Tucson and the Jan. 8 meeting at the Mountain…
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