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The Financial Diaries
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Manage episode 184152701 series 1130936
The traditional narrative of the American Dream — hard work, steady saving, and a little bit of luck will lead to security today and mobility tomorrow — has all but become an American Myth.
Today, insecurity is so pronounced that 92 percent of Americans, when asked to choose between being a little richer or more financially stable, chose stability. But amidst 30 years of wage stagnation and radically decreased mobility, neither has been attainable.
In The Financial Diaries, authors Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider track the financial lives of 235 low- and middle-income households to cast a light on the pervasive economic anxiety felt across the country. The individuals they profile — among them a casino dealer, a street vendor, and a tax preparer — challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save and suggest new tools the U.S. needs to correct the broader distress of income and wealth inequality.
Join New America NYC for a conversation on the growing financial instability Americans face and the policy interventions needed to better support those who need it most.
OPENING REMARKS:Xavier de Souza Briggs @xavbriggs Vice President, Economic Opportunity and Markets, Ford Foundation
PARTICIPANTSJonathan Morduch @JMorduch Professor of Public Policy and Economics and Director, Financial Access Initiative, New York University Co-author, The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
Rachel Schneider @RachelSchneider Senior Vice President, Center for Financial Services Innovation Co-author, The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
Justin KingPolicy Director, Family-Centered Social Policy, New America
Unique BrathwaiteExecutive Director, LIFT–New York
Alex Goldmark @alexgoldmark Supervising Producer, Planet Money, NPR
98 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on April 29, 2023 03:53 (). Last successful fetch was on August 02, 2022 01:18 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 184152701 series 1130936
The traditional narrative of the American Dream — hard work, steady saving, and a little bit of luck will lead to security today and mobility tomorrow — has all but become an American Myth.
Today, insecurity is so pronounced that 92 percent of Americans, when asked to choose between being a little richer or more financially stable, chose stability. But amidst 30 years of wage stagnation and radically decreased mobility, neither has been attainable.
In The Financial Diaries, authors Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider track the financial lives of 235 low- and middle-income households to cast a light on the pervasive economic anxiety felt across the country. The individuals they profile — among them a casino dealer, a street vendor, and a tax preparer — challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save and suggest new tools the U.S. needs to correct the broader distress of income and wealth inequality.
Join New America NYC for a conversation on the growing financial instability Americans face and the policy interventions needed to better support those who need it most.
OPENING REMARKS:Xavier de Souza Briggs @xavbriggs Vice President, Economic Opportunity and Markets, Ford Foundation
PARTICIPANTSJonathan Morduch @JMorduch Professor of Public Policy and Economics and Director, Financial Access Initiative, New York University Co-author, The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
Rachel Schneider @RachelSchneider Senior Vice President, Center for Financial Services Innovation Co-author, The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
Justin KingPolicy Director, Family-Centered Social Policy, New America
Unique BrathwaiteExecutive Director, LIFT–New York
Alex Goldmark @alexgoldmark Supervising Producer, Planet Money, NPR
98 episodes
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