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The New Debt Trap

The problems associated with student-loan debt are systemic and consequential both for today’s debtors and tomorrow’s college students—but they are also solvable.

BY Institute Staff

10.01.2019
Finance and Assets

Weathering a Financial Storm

A blueprint for future community responses to government shutdowns and other crises. We constructed a way for an investor, a bank, and a philanthropy in our community to team up to make consumer loans to families in distress.

BY Dennis West

Blog Post

01.28.2019
Finance and Assets

High-Tech and Highly Inclusive

To lay out a comprehensive vision for how consumer research, innovation, and smart regulations can transform financial services—and better assist the 70 percent of Americans facing everyday monetary challenges.

BY Institute Staff

12.15.2018
Finance and Assets

Technology for an Inclusive Economy

There is reason to hope these new technologies will be combined in ways that move the needle on financial inclusion.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Blog Post

10.31.2018
Finance and Assets

An American Issue

"Economic prosperity for all isn't a black, brown, or white issue; it's an American issue," Laysha Ward, the executive vice president and ch

BY Institute Staff

10.01.2018
Finance and Assets

What the US Can Learn from British Pension Plans

What if all employees were automatically enrolled in a special retirement plan?

BY Will Sandbrook

Blog Post

09.26.2018
Finance and Assets

The Size and Scope of Consumer Debt

Households’ experiences with debt vary widely along demographic and geographic lines.

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Blog Post

09.06.2018
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Finance and Assets

Executive Order on Strengthening Retirement

The Order directs the Labor and Treasury Departments to consider regulatory changes that would make it easier for small businesses to pool resources to offer employees workplace retirement accounts.

BY Ida Rademacher & 1 more

Blog Post

09.05.2018
Finance and Assets

The Hidden Costs of Consumer Debt

16 percent of suicides in the US occur in response to a financial problem.

BY Dyvonne Body & 1 more

Blog Post

08.02.2018
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