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In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, our guest is Justin Dahlheimer, president of a community bank in west-central Minnesota. Justin and our...
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 greater share of the market.
In this cover story for Sojourners Magazine, Stacy Mitchell writes that there is remarkably little evidence to support the idea that bigger banks are superior.
A Local Self-Reliance Agenda for New York City: ILSR’s Memo to Mamdani
The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.
Although small and mid-sized banks control only 22 percent of all bank assets, they account for 54 percent of small business lending. Big banks, meanwhile,...
Federal Study Confirms “Too Big To Fail” Gives Megabanks a Hidden Funding Advantage
When the country’s giant banks were teetering on the verge of collapse during 2008’s financial crisis, the U.S. government stepped in to bail them out....
Tools for Starting a Local Move Your Money Campaign
Is your community organization or local business alliance thinking about launching a public education campaign to encourage people to move their accounts to locally owned...
A Blueprint for Scalable Cooperative Solar Energy — Episode 257 of Local Energy Rules
What happens when you combine cooperative solar ownership with a clever standardized design meant to match the scale and capacity of local communities?
