Ellen Brown / TruthdigApr 17, 2019
California and Washington are in a race to form the nation's second state-owned bank, a century after the first was established. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigOct 2, 2018
As California goes, so goes the nation, and legislators around the U.S. are looking to the West as Los Angeles makes a bid to break with the nation's biggest banks. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigFeb 26, 2018
State and local politicians would be wise to study how the Chinese are funding massive public works projects that will soon put America to shame. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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By Ellen Brown / Web of DebtJan 26, 2017
Americans could save $1 trillion over 10 years by financing infrastructure through publicly owned banks like the one that has long been operating in North Dakota. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Matt Stannard and Marc ArmstrongDec 13, 2016
Cities, counties and states, by chartering their own banks, can foster long-term economic stability and build a firewall against the incoming administration's threats of financial blackmail. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Matt Stannard / Cowboys on the CommonsNov 4, 2016
For those of us who have viewed the Bank of North Dakota as an example of the promise of this type of financial institution, recent news that an emergency spending panel approved an extra $4 million in credit for rubber bullets and the arrest of people seeking to protect their livelihood is troubling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtOct 22, 2015
The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that they are rapidly disappearing—except in North Dakota, where they are thriving. Some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the mega-banks. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtFeb 12, 2015
Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. International private competitors have responded by pushing for regulations limiting the advantages of the public banking model, but public banking advocates are pushing back. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtJan 30, 2014
JPMorgan Chase has been involved in more than a dozen felonies. Why are we still doing business with it? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 4, 2013
Former Truthdigger of the Week and Public Banking Institute President Ellen Brown led a debate in The New York Times' opinion pages this week, arguing: "We actually need publicly owned banks for a capitalist market economy to run properly." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Les Leopold, AlterNetMar 30, 2013
North Dakota's thriving state bank makes a mockery of Wall Street's casino banking system -- and that's why financial elites want to crush it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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