#CreatePublicBanksNow! Happy to start with #SanFrancisco
"Public banking is the most conservative possible policy in the literal sense of conserving public money, which means anyone calling themselves fiscally responsible who opposes public banking is admitting they care more about Wall Street’s revenue..."
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"...Seattle can not only expand public investment through municipal lending and provide residents with low-cost financial services; it can also purchase its own bonds and “loop” the interest back to the city itself, rather than to Wall Street."
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Financing Co-Operatives: Hear from speakers from Shared Capital Col, Salish Sea Co-Operative, and Washingtonians for Public Banking on models of cooperative finance.
May 29, 5:30 pm, Vashoun Cohousing Common House
Register today: www.eventbrite.com/e/financing-...
If we can convince a five-year-old, we can convince our state and city representatives.
cmarmitage.substack.com
San Francisco Supervisor Chyanne Chen joins Raj Mathai to discuss a push in the city to start a public bank.
By Tyler Suksawat & Scott Ferguson In previous writings, we advanced an inventive new model for municipal finance: what we call the Seattle Loop. By establishing a city-owned public bank, we pr…
"Ellias says that, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, American companies have increasingly turned away from traditional bank financing toward private credit, which is typically backed by investment funds."
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"Central bank independence has been a sacred cow for the last generation in the major capitalist economies. Donald Trump’s appointment of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair symbolizes the beginning of a new era based on overt politicization of monetary policy."
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“Julian Howard, chief multi-asset investment strategist at GAM Investments, warned that rate-setters are now "on the verge of policy mistake territory" as expectations of rate rises grow.”
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"Washington has faced a series of budgetary crises... It should not let its current Gordian-Credit-Rating-Knot... become the next one. A public bank that utilizes public deposits can solve both problems at once."
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“…over 17 percent of student loan borrowers have fallen at least 90 days past due on their payments at least once.”
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Washingtonians for Public Banking
An award-winning paper cowritten by Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias explores the rise and risk of private credit.
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Central bank independence has been a sacred cow for the last generation in the major capitalist economies. Donald Trump’s appointment of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair symbolizes the beginning of a new era ...
A look at federal student loan default rates and which borrowers have defaulted on their loans over the past two quarters, exploring credit implications.
