You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

BREAKING: #BANKSOFFCAMPUS & #NOSUBSIDIES National Week of Action: Students on NINE CAMPUSES taking action to demand an end to fossil fuel financing ✊

New on Critical Takes! How public development banks can offer a more democratic alternative to private investment. Thomas Marois of @publicbanking.bsky.social talks about why these banks matter and how to ensure they're accountable to citizens. Listen here: criticaltakes.org/society-and-...

Might Canada benefit from a new national #PDB? Absolutely ... if built in the #publicinterest. publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/resources/

📣 2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025 #PublicBank students & recent grads don't miss this! The inaugural emerging scholar research paper award sponsored by the @publicbanking.bsky.social & AFD France. For more: bit.ly/3KZymDQ

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‼️2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks‼️ 🚩 Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025 🚩 Sponsored by McMaster University @publicbanking.bsky.social and @afd-france.bsky.social Follow the link ⬇️ publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/pbp-grn-emer... @thomasmarois.bsky.social

‼️2026 Emerging Scholar Research Paper Award on Public Development Banks‼️ 🚩 Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025 🚩 Sponsored by McMaster University @publicbanking.bsky.social and @afd-france.bsky.social Follow the link ⬇️ publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/pbp-grn-emer... @thomasmarois.bsky.social

MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🏦 Don’t miss @changecourse-ca.bsky.social's upcoming webinar: Building a Better Bank: Reclaiming Public Money for Public Good 🌱 🗓️Monday, December 15th at 7-8:30pm EST / 4-5:30 pm PST Register here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/building-a-better-bank?source=direct_link&

You will hear from Rafaela Sa a research associate at the Public Banking Project and a PhD student in Political Science (International Relations) at McMaster University and @cupwsttp.bsky.social representative Adrian Murray and Lindsay Mathyssen. 😍Full bio in graphic below! #Cupw

I learned about the BC Municipal Finance Authority from @thomasmarois.bsky.social @publicbanking.bsky.social and I think more Americans should hear about this publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/...

Please join us Sunday, October 12 for a conversation with @publicbankla.bsky.social about how a public bank in LA could help us become a more sustainable city. Learn more and RSVP at www.ncsa.la/public_bank_.... #PublicBank

BIG NEWS! LA City Councilmembers Imelda Padilla and Heather Hutt committed discretionary dollars to the LA Public Bank plan. They join 7 colleagues backing work to cut borrowing costs, reduce fees, and invest in housing, small biz & climate infrastructure. 🏦🌱

💧Evidence Brief on "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" explores how public banks are driving equitable and sustainable water and sanitation services across the Global South🌍 📖 Read the full brief: publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/... #PublicBanking #PublicWater #GlobalSouth

@unctad.bsky.social is looking for a Multimedia Intern to join our communications team in Geneva, Switzerland. Apply by 30 June ▶️ careers.un.org/jobSearchDes... Explore other opportunities ▶️ bit.ly/unctadcareers

Professor Heather Cox-Richardson, being clear…🌻 youtu.be/dJrTQvMYRTM?...

Banking for the People: How Democratic Oversight Funds Social Progress (Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute 📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Public Banking’s Global Impact: A $55 Trillion Force in Finance (Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBank #EconomicJustice

🏛️Why Public Banks Matter and Why We Must Protect Them (David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ The Future of Public Services: Why International Dialogue Matters (By Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ Ensuring the Sustainability of Public Banks (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ Ensuring the Sustainability of Public Banks (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ The Future of Public Services: Why International Dialogue Matters (By Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute 📚 Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Hard to think of a clear depiction of climate politics in Canada than provincial premiers calling for more pipelines and deregulation of oil and gas development as climate-amplified wildfires rage in their own provinces. #cdnpoli

Had the honor of speaking at LA City Hall with Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, and Ysabel Jurado, as they committed their own funds to launch LA’s Public Bank plan. Institutional change takes time, persistence & collective will, but it’s happening.🏦✨ @publicbankla.bsky.social

🌱 Why Build a Pro-Labour Public Banking Movement for Green & Just Transition? How? The roundtable at the CAWLS Conference connected research, labour activism, and public finance to imagine how trade unions and civil society can co-design public banks that serve people and planet.

🏛️Why Public Banks Matter and Why We Must Protect Them (David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🌱 Why Build a Pro-Labour Public Banking Movement for Green & Just Transition? How? The roundtable at the CAWLS Conference connected research, labour activism, and public finance to imagine how trade unions and civil society can co-design public banks that serve people and planet.

We need public banking

Public Banking’s Global Impact: A $55 Trillion Force in Finance (Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t #PublicBank #EconomicJustice

Rethinking Public & Democratic Finance: Lessons from Germany’s KfW Bank (Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the chapter on the KfW Bank: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Banking for the People: How Democratic Oversight Funds Social Progress (Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute 📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Rethinking Public & Democratic Finance: Lessons from Germany’s KfW Bank (Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the chapter on the KfW Bank: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Financing Public Services: The Role of Regional Banks in Argentina (Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Financing Public Services: The Role of Regional Banks in Argentina (Melina Tobias) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more about the chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🛠️ Making Public Banks Work for the People: Fix or Start Fresh? (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the Transnational Institute. 📚 Learn more in the newly released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

💦 1 Shower for 4,500 people in Israel’s War on Water (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the newly released book on Public Banks and Public Water💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🔄 The World’s Most Democratized Public Bank and Its Role in Empowering Marginalized Communities (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about this chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ Lessons in Democratic Banking (By Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏛️ Lessons in Democratic Banking (By Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social. 📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🔄 The World’s Most Democratized Public Bank and Its Role in Empowering Marginalized Communities (By Thomas Marois) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more about this chapter: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

💦 1 Shower for 4,500 people in Israel’s War on Water (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the newly released book on Public Banks and Public Water💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Public banks: Fuelling War or Climate Action? The Choice is Ours (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the recent released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Public banks: Fuelling War or Climate Action? The Choice is Ours (By David McDonald) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the recent released book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 How Public Banks Can Support Climate Adaptation (By Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 How Public Banks Can Support Climate Adaptation (By Susan Spronk) 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South"💧: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

Public Banks Over Private Profit: Financing Water and Infrastructure in Occupied Palestine (By Genevieve Simmons) 🎥 Produced for the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project by the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Learn more in the newly released open-access book: tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Finance is the Grease that Makes the Wheels Turn 🛠️ By David McDonald 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Explore more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" tinyurl.com/yew29h4t

🏦 Finance is the Grease that Makes the Wheels Turn 🛠️ By David McDonald 🎥 Produced by the Municipal Services Project and the Public Banking Project in collaboration with the @tninstitute.bsky.social 📚 Explore more in the book "Public Banks and Public Water in the Global South" tinyurl.com/yew29h4t