How did one of the most addled government agencies end up as our last line of pandemic defense?
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Posted inTAP
America’s One Public Bank Is Number One in Saving Small Businesses
Today on TAP: The Bank of North Dakota helps local banks implement the PPP
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Small Businesses Realize Small Business Loans Aren’t Meant to Save Small Businesses
Plus, cannibalizing Social Security. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 11, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Let’s Keep Everyone on the Payroll
Also, the sad demise of local restaurants. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 19, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Coronavirus Aid Package Could Harm Disabled People
A provision denying small-business loans to disability support services could damage a fast-growing and urgent piece of our care sector.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A New Blueprint for Black Businesses
The health of black-owned startups and small businesses is directly related to the level of investment in black communities—and government has a role to play.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Amazon Uses Lending to Control Small Businesses
The nature of the Amazon marketplace makes it virtually impossible for third-party sellers to borrow from private banks. Amazon’s own lending unit has filled the gap.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Marijuana Legalization Plan Shows Sanders Is No Socialist
His proposal seeks to create a class of marijuana small-business owners, rather than nationalizing the industry and forwarding the benefits to victims of marijuana prohibition.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Lost Opportunity to Help Small Business
For Main Street small businesses, the benefits of the Tax Act are peanuts. Nearly half of all the savings go to people making over $1 million a year.