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Family Finances

How to Trick People Into Saving Money

In an article in The Atlantic, nLIFT partner Commonwealth offers insights on boosting savings.

BY Rob Walker

Of Interest

05.01.2017
Family Finances

The Small Business Retirement Crisis

There is a chicken-and-egg problem: business owners cannot afford the high fees of retirement plans, but on the other side of the market, many retirement plan providers are finding it difficult to afford servicing this type of client, and will therefore charge higher fees.

BY Joyce Yan Zhang, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

05.01.2017
Family Finances

Why Arguments of Broken Retirement System Are Misguided

What if you were given the task of designing a retirement system from scratch?

BY Peter J. Brady, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

04.18.2017
Family Finances

Every American Deserves Financial Security

It is expensive to be poor.

BY Mae Watson Grote

Blog Post

04.14.2017
Family Finances

On-Demand Economy Plays Key Role in Improving Financial Stability

FSP’s Joanna Smith-Ramani sat down with Steven King, a Partner at Emergent Research, to discuss the results of the second On-demand Workforce survey.

BY Joanna Smith-Ramani

Blog Post

04.13.2017
Family Finances

Half of All Americans Don't Have $400 to Spare

If we can equip many more households to be prepared for inevitable financial ups and downs, we can help millions of Americans bring stability to their lives.

BY Timothy Flacke

Blog Post

04.11.2017
Family Finances

The State of American Retirement and Tax Incentives

The Financial Security Program spoke with economist Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute about the state of American retirement and the role of tax incentives.

BY Monique Morrissey, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

03.21.2017
Finance and Assets

Sizing Up the Global RegLab Movement

Regulatory innovation is indeed emerging in financial centers around the world as central bankers, prudential regulators, and market conduct authorities rush to make sense of the proliferation of new financial technologies (FinTech) and their transformative potential not just for individual consumers but for the financial system as a whole.

BY Schan Duff

Blog Post

03.08.2017
Family Finances

A Case Study About the Saver's Credit

It’s hard to imagine that there’s a tax credit that can lower a taxpayer’s bill if he or she saves for retirement in a tax-favored retirement account. This may sound to be too good to be true. But it is true. The IRS has a tax credit that pays people to save for retirement.

BY Catherine Collinson, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

02.27.2017
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