Videos

Nov. 1, 2018

The Public Banking Institute is often asked to explain the concept of public banking in a nutshell. The challenge is to do it in a way that reaches a broad demographic. People learning about public banking have very different backgrounds, and banking isn’t what most people talk about over dinner with friends.

April 5, 2017.

Five members of the Portland Public Banking Alliance testify before the Portland City Council on why the City needs to authorize a public bank feasibility study.

Public Banking: Affording the Portland We All Want.
Oct. 2016. Walt McRee, Chair of the Public Bank Institute addresses how Portland' Oregon's financial condition would be much improved if instead of relying on Wall Street banks, we relied on our own municipal bank, using the money we already have to fund needed local needs.

Shorter version
This is the one hour version which includes the q & A session. To view just the presentation running about 26 minutes, click here.

Feb. 2016. Walt McRee, Chair of the Public Banking Institute, addressed Portland OR group on why we need public banks, and how we are going to get them.

Contact David Delk if you want to join in Portland OR effort to create a municipal public bank here.

Chronicles the Bank of North Dakota's fascinating history and reviews its key role in financing the state's economic future.
During the early 1900s, North Dakota's economy was dangerously dependent on a single industry—agriculture, an industry controlled by financial interests outside the state. To diversify the economy and regain control of its financial future, North Dakota created a unique asset: the state-owned Bank of North Dakota. North Dakota is the only state in the union with a state-owned bank. The program documents the rise of the Non-Partisan League and its struggle to overthrow the out of state interests that controlled the North Dakota economy and chronicles the political infighting, the dirty tricks, the back room deals, and the amazing series of events that led to the creation of the bank.