Public Banking 2013-Guns and Butter - May 29, 2013-KPFA-PTC-mp3

"Public Banking 2013" with Marc Armstrong, Executive Director of the Public Banking Institute. Key benefits of public banking; state and county banks; common misconceptions; commercial, wholesale and investment banking; Trans Pacific Partnership; Fast Track; Cyprus banking crisis; Dodd Frank; 2005 Bankruptcy Law; derivatives a threat to depositors; FDIC/BOE document; Public Banking Institute; Public Banking 2013 Funding the New Economy Conference www.publicbanking.org.

"Guns & Butter" investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics. Maintaining a radical perspective in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, "Guns & Butter: The Economics of Politics" reports on who wins and who loses when the economic resources of civil society are diverted toward global corporatization, war, and the furtherance of a national security state.

Produced and hosted by Bonnie Faulkner.