Connect with us

People & Blogs

Who Controls Your City’s Money? | Trinity Tran | TED

What if your city could borrow money from its own bank instead of private lenders? TED Fellow Trinity Tran is leading the push for public banks — which are owned by the people through their local governments — and shows how this model could ensure your local tax dollars stay in your community. (Recorded at…

Published

3 weeks ago

on

What if your city could borrow money from its own bank instead of private lenders? TED Fellow Trinity Tran is leading the push for public banks — which are owned by the people through their local governments — and shows how this model could ensure your local tax dollars stay in your community. (Recorded at TED Fellows Films 2026 on April 14, 2026)

Join us in person at a TED conference:
Become a TED Member to support our mission:
Subscribe to a TED newsletter:

Follow TED!
Instagram:
LinkedIn:
TikTok:
Facebook:
X:

The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less) — plus originals, podcasts and exclusive content. Look for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design as well as science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit for our entire library, transcripts, translations and personalized recommendations.

Watch more:

TED videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with the TED Talks Usage Policy: . For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a request at

#TED #TEDTalks #TEDFellows #Finance

Related Topics:
Continue Reading
Advertisement
11 Comments

11 Comments

  1. @welcome.421

    September 4, 2026 at 11:07 am

    Yes TED

    Reply

  2. @zombiboymc

    September 4, 2026 at 11:16 am

    Sir mam hi i need funding for my startup

    Reply

    • @Eathercommercial

      September 4, 2026 at 11:29 am

      this is your excuse

      Reply

    • @welcome.421

      September 4, 2026 at 9:00 pm

      ​@Eathercommercialyes TED

      Reply

  3. @martinlohstroh

    September 4, 2026 at 11:52 am

    Anything socialist “NOOOO”!!!!!!

    Reply

  4. @cafezal

    September 5, 2026 at 1:25 am

    Yeah. Here in Brazil, we had that. Soon, these banks were used to fund overpriced projects that the politicians profited from, and the public bank had to pay anyway. These banks were constantly bankrupt and owing money to the federal government, which had to save them so the people who had accounts in those banks didn’t lose all their money. In the end, the federal government had to take credit with private banks to pay for these bankrupt public banks. Much more money than if they had just financed the projects using private banks.
    More money controlled by the Estate is really dangerous in any case. More power concentrated in fewer hands.
    If the project is actually important and the citizens are willing to pay for it, then organize a crowdfunding campaign. Don’t just give money to a “public bank” so politicians can decide to do whatever with it.
    We can find many examples of crowdfunding for public projects around the world. Usually, much better managed than anything organized by the government and much cheaper.
    This so-called public bank from Dakota, which she uses as an example, is clearly a bank owned by the farmers who needed to have a credit institution dedicated to them. It wasn’t, and probably still isn’t, administered by politicians.

    Reply

    • @chefboyrdee1

      September 5, 2026 at 2:40 am

      Interesting point. Public bank like anything can be ruined.

      Reply

  5. @fiasc0b0x

    September 5, 2026 at 4:22 am

    This needs to be longer! So good.

    Reply

  6. @ShivaShiva-l8n

    September 5, 2026 at 4:25 am

    I’m here to know something new and also to improve my english listening skill.

    Reply

  7. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    September 5, 2026 at 8:14 am

    evviva le public bank

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

People & Blogs

News Tells You What Happened. Drawing Shows You How It Felt | George Butler | TED

What does a war look like when you sit still long enough to draw it? Reportage artist and TED Fellow George Butler sketches the people that the news passes by: a 99-year-old survivor of the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, a man gathering books blasted into a rose garden, an architect whose home was hit by…

Published

13 hours ago

on

September 27, 2026

By

What does a war look like when you sit still long enough to draw it? Reportage artist and TED Fellow George Butler sketches the people that the news passes by: a 99-year-old survivor of the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, a man gathering books blasted into a rose garden, an architect whose home was hit by a Russian missile. Urging us to slow down in the age of immediate news, Butler shows how a drawing reveals what a headline can’t. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 16, 2026)

Join us in person at a TED conference:
Become a TED Member to support our mission:
Subscribe to a TED newsletter:

Follow TED!
Instagram:
LinkedIn:
TikTok:
Facebook:
X:

The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less) — plus originals, podcasts and exclusive content. Look for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design as well as science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit for our entire library, transcripts, translations and personalized recommendations.

Watch more:

TED videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with the TED Talks Usage Policy: . For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a request at

#TED #TEDTalks #Journalism

Continue Reading

People & Blogs

Is this why adult friendships feel so hard?

Busy schedules, quiet group chats and no one’s sure who should text first. Sound familiar? On this episode of Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes asks psychologist Marisa Franco why friendship gets so complicated as we get older, and what we can do to build closer connections. Visit the to listen to the full episode. (edited)

Published

1 day ago

on

September 26, 2026

By

Busy schedules, quiet group chats and no one’s sure who should text first. Sound familiar? On this episode of Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes asks psychologist Marisa Franco why friendship gets so complicated as we get older, and what we can do to build closer connections. Visit the to listen to the full episode. (edited)

Continue Reading

People & Blogs

Being a person is better than being perfect all the time #TEDTalks

Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From growing milkweed to taking up unproductive hobbies, they dig into the benefits…

Published

2 days ago

on

September 25, 2026

By

Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From growing milkweed to taking up unproductive hobbies, they dig into the benefits of rest and why doing something for its own sake shouldn’t need defending at all. (This conversation is part of “TED Intersections,” a series featuring thought-provoking conversations between experts navigating the ideas shaping our world.)

Continue Reading

Trending