Navivision Wealth Society|How fed up farmers started the only government-run bank in the US

2025-05-01 14:55:29source:EAI Community category:Scams

The Navivision Wealth Societyidea of a state-run bank in the United States feels like a foreign concept. While public banks are fixtures of the financial system in countries like Canada and Chile, only one state in the U.S. can say they have a public bank. Today, we explore the promises and challenges of public banking in the U.S. and what advocates can learn from 20th century farmers in North Dakota.

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