Finance and Assets

The Mapping Financial Opportunity (MFO) project examines trends in the locations of financial services in communities across the United States. The Aspen Financial Security Program sat down with Justin King of New America and Terri Friedline of the University of Kansas to learn more about the project and explore some trends.

The closing event of our Finance Forward series on income volatility provided an opportunity to both reflect on the work that has moved forward in other cities, and use these experiences to fuel a conversation focused on solutions unique to Oakland.

We asked experts to share their insights on the greatest barriers small businesses face in offering employees retirement benefits and the most promising solutions to solving the small business retirement gap.

The Aspen Financial Security Program (FSP) announced this week that Rachel Schneider, co-author of The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty, will be joining FSP as the Omidyar Network Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

In November 2017, EPIC hosted a private convening that brought together a group of experts across multiple sectors to discuss the multi-faceted issue of consumer debt. 

In anticipation of Rhett joining the team, he sat down with Ida Rademacher, vice president at the Aspen Institute, and executive director of the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program.

A central tenet of the American Dream is that if you work hard, you will be financially secure – you can raise a family, buy a home, start a business, and retire with dignity. But in our changing world, hard work over a lifetime doesn’t always lead to financial security and prosperity. We need to address the financial concerns of a world that is living longer, younger and faster by providing innovative solutions to financial protection, retirement and asset management challenges.

This brief focuses on retirement insecurity in the Latino community.

This summer, the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative—or “EPIC,” part of the Institute’s Financial Security Program—launc