Who serves whom? Should the big Wall Street financial houses dictate our future? Right now it seems we, the people, are made to serve the big banks. But is that the only way? Marc Armstrong, executive director of the Public Banks Institute tals about a recently concluded conference on the issue, with some economic luminaries. OK, it’s fairly dense stuff, but it affects the taxes we must pay and the long term sustainability of America’s economy. And really, the stability of our very republic. North Dakota, of all places, shows it can be done.