Yves Smith — Vermont Citizens Push to Form a State Bank, But Will Ratings Agencies Kill the Idea?

The rating agencies as "enforcers" of neoliberalism, and about as subtle as a Mafia enforcer.

Naked Capitalism
Vermont Citizens Push to Form a State Bank, But Will Ratings Agencies Kill the Idea?
Yves Smith

Washington's Blog — Public Banking Conference good news: all solutions already here for deficits, debt, full-employment

Some interesting stuff from the Public Banking Conference, and not just public banking.

Washington's Blog
It Only Takes $20 Million to Start a Public Bank

Posted by Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture
(h/t Keven Fathi via email)