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Income and Wealth

Fintech Can Be a Safe Way to Access Financial Services during the Pandemic, but How Well-Suited Is It for People with Low Incomes?

Four lessons to improve fintech access for people with low incomes through financial coaching.
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Income and Wealth

Gen Zers Are Financially Struggling during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Many of the youngest adults will need more support to recover from this recession and start adulthood on solid footing.
Income and Wealth

Before COVID-19, 68 Million US Adults Had Debt in Collections. What Policies Could Help?

These short-term solutions could help minimize the inevitable damage this economic crisis will cause to consumers who are already struggling with debt.
Income and Wealth

What Amount of Cash Can Help Buffer Families against COVID-19’s Economic Impacts?

Research suggests that for many in the near term, the amounts provided in the CARES Act are a promising start.
Income and Wealth

Sanders’s Plan Would Forgive 13 Million Young Adults’ Past-Due Medical Debt

Young adults are more likely to have past-due medical debt and more medical debt in collections.
Income and Wealth

How Baby Bonds Could Help Americans Start Adulthood Strong and Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap

Under Senator Booker’s bill, every American newborn would receive an initial endowment of $1,000.
Income and Wealth

Can Chicago and Other Localities Help Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap?

Urban partnered with the Chicago Community Trust on a new plan to narrow the racial and ethnic wealth gap in Chicago.
Income and Wealth

Leveraging the Workplace to Improve Employees’ Financial Wellness

More employers are expanding benefit offerings to include financial education and empowerment.
Income and Wealth

How Disasters Wreak Havoc on Financial Health and What We Can Do about It

Disasters have negative impacts on credit scores, debt in collections, bankruptcy, and other indicators of financial health.
Income and Wealth

MLB Salaries Are Yet Another Way to Visualize Growing Economic Inequality

Mike Trout may sign the largest contract in sports history, a $430 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels.

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