Alliance for Democracy Oregon
  • Home
    • Contact Us
    • Community Contacts
  • Campaigns
    • Election Reform >
      • Protect the Vote 2020
      • Campaign Finance Reform >
        • City of Portland Limits on ballot
      • Electoral_College >
        • Electoral_College- Action Now
      • Gerrymandering >
        • Gerrymandering News
      • Right to Vote
      • Voter Suppression
    • End Corporate Personhood, Money is Speech >
      • Changing the rules
      • McCutcheon - more reading
      • Post Card action
    • Creating Fair Trade
    • Renegotiating NAFTA >
      • Petitions
      • Post Card Campaign
      • USMCA
      • Replace NAFTA News
    • Public Bank >
      • Vision & MIssion >
        • About Public Banking
      • Resources >
        • Videos
        • NEWS
      • Supporters
    • Healthcare for All >
      • Healthcare Videos
  • Events
    • Alliance for Democracy sponsored events
    • Community Events
  • Media
    • Conversations with Doctor Don
    • Populist Dialogues >
      • 2018 Programs
      • 2017 Programs
      • 2015 Programs
      • 2014 Programs
      • 2013 Programs
      • 2012 Programs
      • 2011 Programs
    • Prescription for Justice
  • Photo Gallery
  • AfD newsletters
  • We the People initiative volunteer sign up
  • May 10 Agreement
  • Resources for a progressive America
  • Fed legislation to follow 2017
  • Defending Water for Life
Public Bank Home
About
Videos
Resources
Supporters
Contact

Resources

NEWS Stories
Letters to editor and more

Major reports on Municipal Banking/Public Banking

Alliance for Democracy
Justice Rising

Municipal Banking: An Overview, Financing Socially Just and Sustainable Forms of Urban Development by the Roosevelt Institute  April 2016

From the Exec Summary: 
“The Municipal Bank: An Overview” and the accompanying technical document lay out a broad framework for how municipalities can establish, fund, and operate publicly owned municipal banks based on principles of egalitarian, redistributive justice, worker rights, and more ecologically sound urban development.
Public Banking Feasibility Study for the City of Santa Fe           January 2016

From the Executive Summary:
"A public banking initiative for the City of Santa Fe is feasible and has the potential to provide enhanced fiscal management, improved net interest rate margins, and a more robust local lending climate. "

View the Brass Tacks Team, which advocates for a Santa Fe public bank, website here. 
Public Banking to Grow Our Common Wealth - Benefits For Cities and Municipalities Of a Public Bank
A FAQ description of the Benefits for Cities and Municipalites of a Public Bank by Public Banking PA (Pennsylvania) and Hub Public Banking (Washington DC)       January 2015

From the cover letter:
The American people in cities and communities throughout our nation need a strong local banking industry, free of the destructive practices of Wall Street
Local Banks distribute the sustainable and affordable credit our local economies need. Local banks working in partnership with public banks are able to lend additional funds and, in contrast to Wall Street, their profits do not depend on reckless risk taking. The result: a more democratic and prosperous local
economy in which the benefits are shared by
Banking on New Mexico: A Five-Year Model Supporting a Public Bank for Santa Fe
A Debt Reduction, Budget Easing, Income Generating Strategy for the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico    Dec. 2, 2015

From the Abstract:
"The results demonstrate that The Bank is a sound economic resource for our community.  Our research indicates that The Bank will continue to have a positive cash flow and loan growth.  The City of Santa Fee will have a responsible banking partner and the community will begin to see opportunities to start and grow their businesses, or buy affordable homes."  
Picture
Click the image to download a pdf of the complete issue. For ordering information, email Alliance for Democracy at afd [at] thealliancefordemocracy.org
Table of contents
  • Public Banks: Creating Public Money for the Public Good, by Ruth Caplan
  • In Solidarity with the People of Detroit
  • Accumulating Violence, by Jeremy Mohler
  • Public Banking and Economic Democracy, by Gwendolyn Hallsmith
  • Battle for Control of the Monetary System: The Public Good vs. Private Banks, by Jim Tarbell
  • AfD's Campaign to Create Public Banks
  • How Do You Start a Public Bank, by Tom Sgouros
  • DC Public Banking Center, Washington DC
  • State Bank: The Solution for Michigan Economic Stability, by Dan Osterman, here and here.
  • Vermont: Turning an Economic Development Agency Into a State Bank
  • The Bank of North Dakota: Born out of Farm Foreclosures, by Ruth Caplan
  • BND is Thriving Today, by Ruth Caplan
  • Postal Banking: Prosperity for Struggling Communities, by Ira B. Dember
  • German Banking Models, by Steve Seuser
  • Public Banking Groups
  • Public Banking Books: Creating Jobs and Building Community
  • 100 Years is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility, by Ellen Brown
  • Why You Should Care, What You Should Do

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.