"This nation asks for action, and action now."

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"This nation asks for action, and action now."

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

H.R.4052

POLICY

The 50-Year Decline and Fall of the American Economy, and the Path Forward



Speakers:

Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Fairfax, VA

Robert Kuttner, Brandeis University professor of social policy, and Co-editor of The American Prospect, Boston, MA

Alan Minsky, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America, Los Angeles, CA

Ellen Brown, Esq., author and Founder, Public Banking Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Honorable Randolph Voller, former Mayor Pittsboro, NC; former Chair North Carolina Democratic Party, Pittsboro, NC

Moderator: Jack Hanna, former Treasurer and Chair Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Indiana, PA 


Renew President Franklin Roosevelt’s

Triumphant National Infrastructure Bank



Speakers:

Steven Fenberg has written extensively about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Fenberg is the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Brother, Can You Spare a Billion,” narrated by Walter Cronkite and broadcast nationally on PBS. He is also the author of “Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good,” a comprehensive, award-winning examination of the RFC.


Alphecca Muttardy is a former International Monetary Fund Senior Economist, and is the chief economic advisor of the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB). She has given expert testimony in dozens of state legislatures and city and county councils across the nation on the NIB. 


OVERVIEW

$5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank

 Will Lend for Projects Across the Country

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Money for Projects

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RECENT

New York Assemblywoman Maryjane Shimsky, History Professor and best-selling Author H.W. Brands, form
August 28, 2025
New York Assemblywoman Maryjane Shimsky, History Professor and best-selling Author H.W. Brands, former Chairman North Carolina Democratic Party Randolph Voller, and Macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy joined together for...
August 3, 2025
Award-Winning Author and Historian Dr. Harvey Kaye, and DNC Poverty Council Chair Susie Shannon, were joined by County Commissioners for a National Zoom Town Hall entitled, “The National Infrastructure Bank and the Legacy of FDR’s New Deal Today,” July 28, 2025. While financial markets and the crypto scam head into.
June 27, 2025
Economists and elected officials gathered from around the country for a national Zoom Town Hall to discuss the future of our nation. On June 18, 2025, the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank sponsored an event entitled, “A Franklin Roosevelt Policy to Uplift America.” The forum took place amidst...
June 4, 2025
The May 29 national Zoom Town Hall, “The 50-Year Decline and Fall of the American Economy, and the Path Forward,” sponsored by the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank, provided a platform for a most-timely and crucial discussion on the future of America and the two- party system. The Town Hall included nationally renown leaders, Ellen Brown, Esq., Author and Founder Public Banking Institute; Robert Kuttner...
May 23, 2025
Everyone wants to know, where is the money to build infrastructure? The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expires in 2026 and its Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act is being debated. Here’s the answer....
April 30, 2025
On April 24, 2025, Illinois State Senator David Koehler, former Kansas City Mayor Sly James, and Public Banking Institute Founder Ellen Brown, Esq., were joined by other elected officials for an urgent Zoom Forum, “National Infrastructure Bank: The Economic ‘Shot Heard Round the World’”!! This week, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution, with the “Shot Heard Round the World” at Concord and Lexington. Following the military campaign, the U.S.....
April 6, 2025
Ellen Brown, Esq., author and Founder Public Banking Institute, Randolph Voller, President-elect Orange Chatham Association of Realtors, former Mayor Pittsboro, NC, and Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist International Monetary Fund, were joined by...
March 8, 2025
Ellen Brown, Esq., Author and Founder Public Banking Institute, Illinois Senator David Koehler, and Massachusetts Representative Danillo Sena were joined by other elected officials for a national Zoom Town Hall: “National Infrastructure Bank: Addressing the Federal Budget Crisis! On March 14, Congress must pass a new budget or a new Continuing Resolution (CR) to maintain government funding at 2024 levels. If they fail....
February 1, 2025
Public Banking Institute Founder Ellen Brown, Esq., Manufacturing Renaissance Federation leader David Robinson, and New Jersey Assemblywoman Carol Murphy were joined by other elected officials on January 23, 2025, for a Zoom Town Hall, entitled “No to Austerity! Yes to the National Infrastructure Bank!” This timely event was sponsored by the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. The event was timed with policy initiatives swirling...
January 4, 2025
Dr. Nomi Prins, Ph.D., former Managing Director Goldman Sachs, New York Assembly member Joanne Simon, and Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist International Monetary Fund, were joined by housing experts in a National Zoom, on December 19, 2024, titled “National Infrastructure Bank Forum: Tackling the Affordable Housing Crisis.” Solving the severe shortage of truly affordable housing is at the...

It Takes a Crisis:

Great Turning Points in American History


NIB August 20 Zoom Town Hall

ECONOMISTS

Making the Case for the Bank

Dr. Nomi Prins, Ph.D., author and former Managing Director

Goldman Sachs, Los Angeles, CA

Philip Harvey, Professor Rutgers Law (ret.), Camden, NJ

LEGISLATORS

PROJECTS

 Creating a 21st Century USA

May 18, 2023

POWERPOINT

 $5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank

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The above PowerPoint was developed, and is regularly updated, by macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy. The PowerPoint lays out the scope of the $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), which creates 25 million new, high-paying jobs.  This PowerPoint provides the tools to promote the NIB as the only viable funding option for the country’s urgently needed infrastructure. To advance to the next slide, hover and click the arrow.

What's in It for the States

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