Resources & Publications

Report: Fewer Small Businesses are Receiving Federal Relief Loans in States Dominated by Big Banks

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Report: Fewer Small Businesses are Receiving Federal Relief Loans in States Dominated by Big Banks

A significantly larger number of federal relief loans are reaching small businesses in states where small, local banks comprise a...

Report: Monopoly Power and the Decline of Small Business

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Report: Monopoly Power and the Decline of Small Business

Small businesses have been in steep decline. In this report, we argue that anticompetitive behavior by large, dominant corporations is...

Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch

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Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch

Even as their big competitors are awash in capital, many locally owned businesses are struggling to secure the financing they...

Public Banking: A Model for the District of Columbia (1976)

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Public Banking: A Model for the District of Columbia (1976)

In 1976 ILSR published “Public Banking: A Model for the District of Columbia.” The brief by Bill Batko offered a...