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A Rich Debate About the Poor

Connor P. Williams Slide headline:  A Rich Debate About the Poor What David Brooks' editorial Gets Wrong Image credit:  flickr / HPUStudentPhotog...

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Asset Building News Week, April 7-11

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, April 14-18

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, April 28-May 2

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Guest Post: New Findings on Asset Poverty in Canada and Developments on Asset...

Editor's Note: This guest blog post was written by David W. Rothwell, Assistant Professor at the McGill University School of Social Work, and Yunju Nam, Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo...

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Vermont Takes on “The Poverty Trap”

In the past few months, there’s been a lot of talk about “poverty traps” built into the social safety net. The term is most commonly used to refer to the issue of “benefit cliffs” in TANF and other...

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A Simple Policy Change To Help More Hungry Kids Eat? Sounds Great. Where Do...

Back in September, Marketplace reported that children at a New Jersey elementary school were not served lunch because their school lunch accounts were empty of funds. According to one parent, "There...

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Should We Save Like the Singaporeans Do?

Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on New America's Weekly Wonk as part of the series, Globalization’s Canary: Singapore at 50.  In the half-century since its independence, the strategically...

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Using Concepts from the Field of Cognitive Science to Improve...

Maya Brennan with the Center for Housing Policy has published a fascinating new report entitled “Strengthening Economic Self-Sufficiency Programs: How Housing Authorities Can Use Behavioral and...

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Guest Post: Senate Housing Bill Expands Reach of Self-Sufficiency Program

Editor's note: This piece was authored by Barbara Sard, Vice President for Housing Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. It originally appeared on CBPP's blog, Off the Charts. Click...

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Poverty is Structural – So are Solutions

Researchers spend a lot of time trying to identify the root causes of poverty. But the perception of the public matters too—particularly due to the impact of these perceptions on political discourse...

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Asset Building News Week, June 30-July 3

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, July 7-11

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, July 14-18

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, July 21-25

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, July 28-August 1

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Guest Post: Recap from New America NYC: Rich Hill

Editor's Note: This post, which was originally published on the New America NYC blog, provides a summary of an Asset Building Program event featuring a screening of the film Rich Hill on July 31, 2014...

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Asset Building News Week, August 4-8

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, August 11-15

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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Asset Building News Week, September 1-5

The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...

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