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Same Income, Same 401(k), Different Account Balance

First report from the Collaborative for Equitable Retirement Savings highlights opportunities to address race and gender disparities in 401( ...

BY Karen Biddle Andres & 1 more

Blog Post

03.18.2024
Family Finances

Unlocking a More Inclusive Financial System: We Must Solve For These 5 Key Issues

In The State of Inclusion in the U.S. Financial System: Benchmarking Progress, Gaps, and Disparities, we proposed four “North Star” outc ...

BY Kate Griffin & 1 more

Blog Post

11.28.2023
Family Finances

Democratizing and De-risking Real Estate

How would America be different if we made real estate ownership more affordable and accessible to millions of Americans through innovation i ...

BY Financial Security Program

Video

11.08.2023
Family Finances

2023 Ideas Festival | Breakthrough Equity

Alongside climate adaptation, wealth inequality is one of America’s most urgent problems. Learn from a diverse group of innovators about t ...

BY Financial Security Program

Video

06.30.2023
Family Finances

2023 Ideas Festival | Democratizing Wealth

Allowing everyone a fair chance at economic prosperity and upward mobility is a goal we can all support. But, how? Leaders of investment dis ...

BY Financial Security Program

Video

06.29.2023
Family Finances

The New Wealth Agenda

Among the truly urgent crises facing the United States is widespread household financial insecurity. A stunning 51% of U.S. households have ...

BY Katherine Lucas McKay & 1 more

Publication

05.26.2023
Family Finances

The Case for Early Wealth Building Accounts

The importance of what we’re calling “investable sums” in young adulthood has become increasingly clear over the last decades, as the cost of obtaining wealth-building assets in the United States has skyrocketed while incomes have stagnated.

BY Karen Biddle Andres & 4 more

Publication

02.21.2023
Family Finances

Disparities in Debt

Racial wealth inequality has been pervasive in the United States from the earliest days of colonization 400 years ago. Despite Constitutiona ...

BY Katherine Lucas McKay & 2 more

Publication

02.07.2022
Family Finances

Foundations of a New Wealth Agenda

In The State of Financial Security 2020, the Aspen Financial Security Program identified the urgent need for a new wealth agenda in the Unit ...

BY Financial Security Program & 2 more

Publication

11.30.2021