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Joan Bartl
Nov 8, 20171 min read
Phil Murphy wins in NJ! Public Banking on the ballot and wins!
Phil Murphy describes Public Banking as “the type of big thinking we need to get back on track.” He wants to do even more...
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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
Jun 13, 20174 min read
The Meaning of the Murphy Win
Last week’s gubernatorial primary resulted not only in the ascension of candidate Phil Murphy to the threshold of the NJ statehouse...
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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
Apr 17, 20178 min read
A Bank Even a Socialist Could Love
“This is one of the biggest eye-openers of my life,” says Rebecca Burke, a New Jersey activist on the call. “Once you see it...
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Joan Bartl
Apr 11, 20174 min read
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...
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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
Nov 11, 20161 min read
A Message from PBI Chair Walt McRee
The election of a new Administration has sent shock waves through both sides of the political aisle, some seeing great new promise and...
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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
Sep 9, 20165 min read
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...
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Joan Bartl
Aug 7, 20163 min read
A New Jersey Mayor Speaks Out for Public Banks
In this season of campaign rhetoric about the state of our country, you occasionally come across an idea or proposal that goes beyond the st
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