Now available: companion “how to” guides for those new to giving presentations or tabling events. As the benefits of public banking become more widely known, more potential allies are seeking answers. We’ve created several useful new tools that can help you quickly communicate key concepts. If you are new to making presentations or tabling events, or would like …
Please join Cornell University Edward Cornell Professor of Law and Finance Robert Hockett, Washington State Senator Robert Hasegawa, New Mexico State Senator Bill Tallman, and PBI Senior Advisor Walt McRee for a Town Hall zoom event. Via the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank: Fed Chair Jerome Powell, NY Fed Pres. John Williams and their public promoter former Treasury Secretary …
Modern Money Mechanics Professor Rohan Grey, president of the Modern Money Network and a noted leader in both MMT, the digital eCash campaign, and public banking, speaks with Ellen and Walt about how these new dimensions of money management are changing our thinking about money and public monetary policy. [Watch video]
Despite Congress having passed two major infrastructure bills in the last year, over $2 trillion in much-needed infrastructure is still unfunded, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In her latest ScheerPost article, PBI Chair Ellen Brown outlines how approaches used in the past can be duplicated today to fund critical needs including projects to address drought, affordable housing, high-speed …
Via Public Bank East Bay: Northern California Grantmakers and the San Francisco Foundation came together in July to showcase our project to a large network of foundations and other interested parties. This was an entirely informational event. The recording is an excellent explainer on public banking and our project, featuring: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl’s superb introduction – 1:16 …
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Public Banking A National Infrastructure Bank could be the answer to both inflation and recession | Ken Bank, People’s World National Infrastructure Bank Would Rebuild US, Create Jobs & Restore Global Competitiveness | Rep Pam Powers Hannley, A New Life-Aligned Culture Is Emerging | Elaine Cornick, Cultural Butterfly Project European-style public banking needed in Ireland | Regina Doherty, Fine Gael Economy Capital …
On July 22, 2022, the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank sponsored a town hall titled “It’s the ‘Productive’ Economy, Stupid.” Included in the discussion, Cornell Professor and PBI Advisory Board member Robert Hockett pushed back against the proposed solution of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers to soaring inflation: increase the joblessness rate.
In her latest article, PBI Chair Ellen Brown argues that the Fed’s rate hikes, too, will only make inflation worse. While the Fed applies its go-to tool of increasing interest rates to suppress demand, the real problem continues unabated — supply shortages caused by brutal lockdowns, sanctions, war, and a farming crisis driven by overly stringent regulations. …
A recent article by Carey L. Biron for Thomson Reuters Foundation quotes numerous public banking advocates including PBI Senior Advisor Walt McRee, Philadelphia Councilmember Derek Green, Public Bank East Bay leader Susan Harman, San Francisco Public Bank co-founder Jackie Fielder, Massachusetts Public Banking leader Ruth Caplan, and PBI Advisory Board member Thomas Marois. Boom in …
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Public Banking There’s a better way to fight inflation, save jobs, and curb a recession: Create a Hamiltonian National Infrastructure Bank | Alphecca Muttardy, Op-Ed, The Cascadia Advocate Lawmakers Consider Creating The Public Bank Of New Mexico | Kevin Meerschaert, KSFR, Santa Fe Public Radio Could a public bank help New Mexico businesses? | Curtis Segarra, KRQE News Lawmakers talk public, green banking at …
Following more than 600 hours of research, analysis, discussion, debate, and editing, the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute and the steering committee of the Colorado Public Banking Coalition (CPBC) have completed a Draft Bill for the Establishment of Local Public Banks by Colorado cities and counties. Concurrently, CPBC advocates have launched a campaign to build community support over the next nine …
Despite the bill receiving a near unanimous vote in favor by Philadelphia City Council Members and becoming law, the Philadelphia Public Financing Authority has been scuttled by the city’s outgoing mayor. Mayor Jim Kenney sent a letter to the Council June 22 declaring he would neither fund the initiative, nor seat board members. The letter states that in …
