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Joan Bartl
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Murphy Win Fires-Up National Public Bank Movement
Banking on New Jersey Co-Directors Joan Bartl and Walt McRee knew they had opened something special when they first talked with...
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Joan Bartl
May 22, 20178 min read
What if People Owned the Banks, Instead of Wall Street?
The long-time local attorney and father of two had been following the fallout from the Libor scandal, a brazen financial scam...
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Joan Bartl
May 15, 20175 min read
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...
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Joan Bartl
Apr 26, 20174 min read
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...
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Joan Bartl
Mar 10, 201710 min read
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.
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Joan Bartl
Feb 8, 20173 min read
A Public Bank for Oakland
A thriving local economy is something we all want to see—no controversy there. But we’ve been too quick to accept the prevailing notion...
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Joan Bartl
Jan 26, 20174 min read
Public banks help communities thrive. Why aren't there more?
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the idea of creating a public bank has been proposed in dozens of states across the country...
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Joan Bartl
Jan 26, 20175 min read
How to Cut Infrastructure Costs in Half
Americans could save $1 trillion over 10 years by financing infrastructure through publicly-owned banks like...
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Joan Bartl
Jan 6, 20173 min read
The Homegrown Promise of a Seattle Public Bank
A Seattle public bank would support local development by keeping our tax money at work at home.
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Joan Bartl
Oct 16, 201610 min read
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..
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Joan Bartl
Jul 2, 20159 min read
Public Banks: Bank of North Dakota
North Dakota is the only state that has established a publicly owned bank. Founded in 1919, the Bank of North Dakota’s mission is...
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