Banks For The People

From Piper French / Noema: Public banks are owned and run by governments, and because they store money for the state instead of individuals, they can invest back into the communities they serve instead of extracting from them in the chase for profits.

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Issue Areas:

Community Wealth Building, Financial Institutions, Public Banking

Impact Areas:

Creating New Economic Paradigms, Distributed Trust and Power, Redefining Institutions

Actors:

Government, Lending, Banking, and Financial Institutions, Workers / Labor Unions

Communities Served:

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Strategies:

Trust in Institutions

Success Factors:

Community Control and Ownership, Cultivating Collaborations, Eliminating Barriers, Empowering People, Expanding Access, Practicing Human Centered Design, Providing Cash Instead Of Goods/Services, Remixing The Talent Pool, Using Creative Financing

Geographic Region:

North America

Countries:

United States

Date:

March 2, 2023

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