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The Dynamism of Short-Term Savings

What are barriers to building savings, and how can savings programs, products, and policies support people to build, use, and replenish this critical resource? Join Aspen FSP and AARP for an event to answer these questions.

Event

09.29.2020
Family Finances

The Cycle of Savings

We know saving is important – but our assumptions about why may be wrong. A new report from Aspen Financial Security Program and members of the Consume ...

BY Sheida Isabel Elmi & 1 more

Publication

09.11.2020
Family Finances

People, Technology, and the Safety Net

COVID-19 jolted the American economy — and it caused at least 30 million Americans to lose their jobs or have their working hours curtailed by April. Th ...

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Publication

08.18.2020
Family Finances

Short-Term Financial Stability

This report shines a light on the central role that short-term financial stability plays in a person’s ability to reach broader financial security and upward economic mobility.

BY Financial Security Program

Publication

04.24.2019
Family Finances

Help People Work Longer by Phasing Retirement

If we’re serious about a transition to working longer, there ought to be a legal framework for doing so.

BY Hon. Joshua Gotbaum , & 1 more

Blog Post

12.14.2018
Finance and Assets

16 Million Abandoned Retirement Savings Accounts

Workers are leaving behind small pools of retirement savings as they bounce from one short-lived job to the next.

BY Ben White

Blog Post

06.06.2018
Family Finances

Driving Retirement Innovation

This brief explores the possibility of linking a short-term savings, or “sidecar,” account to a traditional retirement account to better meet consumers’ short- and long-term financial needs.

BY Gracie Lynne, & 1 more

Publication

06.27.2017
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

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
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