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What banks owe communities: Towards a 21st century Community Reinvestment Act

by Devin Case-Ruchala, John Holdsclaw, Greg Jost, Isaiah J. Poole

Isaiah J. Poole and Devin Case-Ruchala discuss the future and yet-to-be-fulfilled potential of a landmark community investment law with John Holdsclaw and Gregory Jost, community development experts and practitioners. read more
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The Campaign for Public Banks, From Coast to Coast

by Adam Simpson, David Jette, Juleon Robinson

David Jette, the co-founder and legislative director of Public Bank LA, and Juleon Robinson, a program associate at the New Economy Project working on a campaign to establish a municipal bank in New York City, discuss the nationwide movement to establish public banks, including a landmark ballot measure in Los Angeles. read more
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Public Banks

by Adam Simpson

How financial institutions owned by and accountable to the people help create a nonextractive economy. read more
Money & Banking Democratic Ownership

Episode 24: The Antidote to the Amazon Economy

by Stacy Mitchell, Katie Parker, Adam Simpson

Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) joins Adam Simpson and special co-host Katie Parker to discuss how locally-minded economics would change our communities. read more
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Real News Network Explores How to Face The Next Financial Crisis

by Isaiah J. Poole, Thomas Hanna

The United States is due for another financial crisis, and when it happens many of the underlying conditions will be worse than they were at the time of the 2008 financial crash, says Thomas Hanna, research director of the Democracy Collaborative and the author of the report, read more
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Money Matters! Why Monetary Theory and Policy Is a Critical Terrain For the Left

by Gar Alperovitz, Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, Michael Hudson, Raúl Carrillo

A discussion on a way out of the austerity trap that reveals how the obstacles to bold action at a national scale on jobs, healthcare, and climate are political, not economic. read more
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Episode 18: The New Abolitionism & Monetary Freedom (w/Delman Coates)

by Delman Coates, Adam Simpson

Learning from a faith based strategy to engage communities as advocates for heterodox monetary policy. read more
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Episode 17: Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)

by David Bollier, Adam Simpson

How the commons give us a frame to think against enclosures and towards a next system. read more
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Episode 14: The Job Guarantee & Social Justice (w/ Pavlina Tcherneva)

by Pavlina Tcherneva, Cecilia Gingerich, Adam Simpson

Why guaranteeing everyone a job can both win crucial gains for all workers and build power to meet community needs. read more
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