Big Banks

Joan Bartl

Amid Divestment Protests, More Cities Explore Public Banks

Philadelphia City Council Member Cindy Bass was already thinking about how to cut the city’s ties with Wells Fargo when...

Joan Bartl

How a California Public Bank could fix the freeways, send kids to college and ambush Wall Street

Republicans are dead set on rolling back regulations passed to restrain Wall Street and big banks from repeating...

Joan Bartl

What a State-Owned Bank Can Do for New Jersey

Phil Murphy, the leading Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his campaign...

Joan Bartl

The Savings And Stability Of Public Banking

As a society obsessed by money, we pay a gigantic price for not educating high school and college students about money and banking...

Joan Bartl

Cities and States Prefer Public Banks to Wall Street

Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks.

Joan Bartl

How to Cut Infrastructure Costs in Half

Americans could save $1 trillion over 10 years by financing infrastructure through publicly-owned banks like...

Joan Bartl

Public Banks for U.S. Cities

The Public Bank Project is dedicated to developing financial alternatives to the current system of Wall Street dominated finance to expand..

Joan Bartl

Phil Murphy Makes State Bank Centerpiece of Gubernatorial Campaign

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy called for a sweeping revision of state economic policies during a major speech in Newark...

Joan Bartl

Bank of North Dakota Profitable Despite Oil Slump

When Arizonans for a New Economy gives talks about public banking and the Bank of North Dakota, invariably someone in the audience claims...