Public Banking Institute News: January 5, 2016

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Public Banking Institute News: January 5, 2016

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(Nonpartisan League cartoon from North Dakota, c. 1912)

Encouraging news from Santa Fe, New Mexico–see our first story below!
Let’s party like it’s 1919 and create public banks in cities and states all over! From the many resources on our website, to our podcasts, interviews, local workshops, books, and articles, PBI continues to educate. And we need your help! 

New_mexico_map-8.gifSanta Fe to Release Public Bank Findings

On the eve of the release of the feasibility study for the city, Santa Fe’s public banking team reports on the three-fold move towards a public bank there: A positive legal memorandum, a grassroots plan, and city support. Read their press release here.

LesLeopold.jpgLes Leopold on “It’s Our Money”

Throughout history, institutions have purposely hardwired financial inequality into the very structure of our economic and labor relations. On this brand new episode of the “It’s Our Money” podcast, the Labor Institute’s Les Leopold sounds off on the market mechanics of inequality and how to collectively address them. Listen here.

Ellen111.jpgEllen Brown Interviewed All Over

Public Banking Institute founder Ellen Brown Spent a good portion of her holiday giving interviews to some of the nation’s leading critical voices. Interviewed by Greg Hunter, Ellen explains that the outcome of bail-ins will be–and already has been–death by poverty and economic ruin. In the last couple of weeks, Ellen has also appeared on the Thom Hartmann show and Coast to Coast AM (that site requires a subscription)–and continues to host the “It’s Our Money” podcast.

Capitalism-300x228.jpgHow Debt Conquered America

America presents itself to the world as “the land of the free” but – for the vast majority – it is a place of enslaving indebtedness, a reality for much of “the 99%” that has deep historical roots hidden or “lost” from our history, as Jada Thacker explains. Read more here. 


basic-income-poster-600x450.jpgEssential Recent Reading on Basic Income

A few years ago, only a few libertarians and some innovative left thinkers were talking about guaranteed income. Last year, more proposals and opinions began to trickle in. Now, governments are experimenting with it, political parties and think tanks are endorsing it, and opposition is surprisingly mild. Read more here.