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- article | February 10, 2015 | Asset Building
How to Improve Tax Prep for Working Americans
Fixing a Broken Marketplace
Tax time is supposed to be a "golden moment" for asset building for low- and moderate income families. It is often said that, thanks to the EITC, t... -
Asset Building News Week, February 2 – February 6
The Budget This week President Obama released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Budget. The proposal contained few surprises, as most of its content was ro... -
Asset Building News Week, January 26 – January 29
College Savings Plans In a Slate piece this week, the Asset Building Program’s own Justin King challenged recent media coverage of President Obama’... - article | January 29, 2015 | Asset Building
The Conversation About 529s Is Just Starting
Within the space of a week, President Obama delivered a message in the State of the Union that wealth should be taxed to ease the burden on the mid... -
Asset Building News Week, January 19 – January 23
The State of the Union President Obama used his sixth State of the Union address to direct the nation’s attention to the widening wealth-gap betwee... - article | January 20, 2015 | Asset Building
America Needs a Real Second-Chance Economy
New AmericaAmong the millions of currently jobless Americans, an astonishing percentage qualify as “long-term unemployed,” which means they have been out of w... -
Asset Building News Week, January 12 - January 16
Tax Reform Now the minority in both chambers of Congress, Democrats took offense this week, announcing a new plan to reduce economic inequality. Th... -
Who Could Get Wealthier in 2015
The middle class is in terrible shape. Wages are stagnant, the middle class’s share of the nation’s wealth has been declining for decades, and ordi... -
The Asset Building Program's Favorites of 2014
New AmericaNew America and the Assets team are going offline to celebrate the holidays. We’ll be back the first full week in January. This is a great time for... -
Asset Building News Week, December 15 – December 19
Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap According to new analysis from the Pew Research Center "The wealth gap between America’s high income gr... -
Asset Building News Week, January 5 - January 9
Retirement Justin King and Elliot Schreur of New America’s Asset Building Program posited a question: “Could 2015 be the year that marks a turning ... - article | December 18, 2014 | Asset Building
Retiring a National Crisis?
Lucy MullanyYou’re 70 years old, and you have a choice. Do you pay your heating bill– or for prescription drugs? Do you stay in a home you can no longer afford... -
Asset Building News Week, December 8 – December 12
Inequality A report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called for redistributive fiscal policy to disrupt inequali... -
Asset Building News Week, December 1 – December 5
Legislation It has been a big week in the asset building field, as legislation has moved forward at the state and national levels. Deirdre Shesgree... -
Millenials Rising
In October 2014, New America partnered with Young Invincibles and the Roosevelt Campus Network to convene a cross-cutting policy symposium called M... -
How Millennials' Use of Social Networks Explains Their Politics
Many have wondered about the impact that millennials will have on politics. Research discussed at a recent symposium should provide concerned Ameri... -
Asset Building News Week, November 17 - November 21
Retirement Savings This week analysts unpacked a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Mega-IRAs, a mechanism by which Roth I... -
Asset Building News Week, November 10 - November 14
Postal Banking The U.S. Postal Service’s Inspector General issued a request for proposals this week to solicit strategies from stakeholders on expa... -
Asset Building News Week, November 3 - November 7
Minimum Wage On Election Day, five states voted to raise the minimum wage. Josh Barro reported in the New York Times’ Upshot Blog, “Alaska [will] s... -
Asset Building News Week, October 27-October 31
Millennials New America authored a six-part series on the status of Millennials in the wake of the Great Recession that was published by Vox.com th... -
America's homeownership subsidies are a terrible way to help young people build wealth
It used to be all about the house. If you were a young person seeking lifelong financial security, homeownership was, for most of the 20th century,... -
5 ways America is failing Millennials
And what to do about it
If you're between 18 and 34 years old, you should be getting ready for the prime of your life — at least according to recent history. That means ge...