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News Roundup – July 30, 2022

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 Buckland [MA] forum | Mary Byrne, Greenfield Recorder

The German State Flies To The Aid Of Its Energy Giant Uniper | David Sadler, Globe Echo

Future Horizons: Visions toward Democratizing Our Economy | Melissa Hoover and Esteban Kelly, Nonprofit Quarterly

Bank of North Dakota releases 2021 Annual Report and S&P rating | BND

Radio: Advocates for public banking are pushing for that model here in Ohio | WKSU, WCPN Public Radio

Davis Polk Discusses Who Can Have a Federal Reserve Master Account | Randall Guynn, Margaret Tahyar, Jai Massari, Gabriel Rosenberg and Andrew Samuel, Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog

Opinion: After Decades Of Rules Benefiting NYC’s Corporate Elites, Let’s Put Public Back In Public Policy | Harvey Robins, City Limits

Where exactly is the state bank we were promised? | Linda Stamato, Opinion NJ.com

Economy

Webinar: Community wealth building: Growing a democratic economy in cities across America | The Democracy Collaborative

This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics | Zack Exley and Robert Hockett, The Nation

World Bank refuses new funding for Sri Lanka | AFP New Age World

The case for a digital dollar is ‘picking up momentum’ | Kyle Campbell, American Banker

Brainard calls digital dollar a ‘natural evolution’ of payment system | Kyle Campbell, American Banker

Video: Gravitas: Chinese citizens boycott mortgages in 86 cities | WION

BlackRock Is Breaking the Wrong Kind of Records | Marc Rubinstein, Opinion Bloomberg

The Financial Bubble Era Comes Full Circle | Matt Taibbi, TK News

Cost of Living Crisis a Result of Lockdowns, Experts Tell MPs | Will Jones, The Daily Skeptic

Video: Inflation Explained: The REAL Reason Prices Are Going Up | The Class Room Ep. 2 | More Perfect Union

 

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