Public Banking Institute

URL = http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/about-us.htm

Description

"The Public Banking Institute (PBI) is a non-partisan think-tank, research and advisory organization dedicated to exploring and disseminating information on the potential utility of publicly-owned banks, and to facilitate their implementation. PBI was formed in 2011 as an educational non-profit organization by a group of citizens including past and present community and civic leaders, businesspeople, educators, political economists, writers, and banking and other professionals. The group shares a concern over the destabilizing actions of a private banking industry that, through its corporate business model, has precipitated the economic imbalances now witnessed across the US economy.

PBI seeks to explore the possibilities for, and to facilitate the implementation of, public banking at all levels -- local, regional, state, national, and international. Its approach is informed by the historic role of public banks in fostering access to cheap and readily available credit for governments, businesses, and individuals, particularly with respect to creating productive capacity." (http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/about-us.htm)