#CreatePublicBanksNow! Happy to start with #SanFrancisco
“…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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"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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"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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"...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."
moneyontheleft.org/2026/05/11/z...
Register today to hear Don Morgan, President and CEO of the Bank of North Dakota, speak. President Morgan will be touring three cities in Washington state. Join the conversation on public banking.
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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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"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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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-...
San Francisco Supervisor Chyanne Chen joins Raj Mathai to discuss a push in the city to start a public bank.
A look at federal student loan default rates and which borrowers have defaulted on their loans over the past two quarters, exploring credit implications.
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
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 ...
An award-winning paper cowritten by Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias explores the rise and risk of private credit.
hls.harvard.edu
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…
