The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and Its Impact on Social Policy

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The Rise of Asset Building and Its Impact on Social Policy....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Evolution of Antipoverty Programs....Pages 13-31
The Finances of Typical Households After the Great Recession....Pages 33-65
Financial Fracking in the Land of the Fee, 1980–2008....Pages 67-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Why Wealth Is Not Color Blind....Pages 99-122
The Promises and Pitfalls of Homeownership....Pages 123-149
Setting the Record Straight on Affordable Homeownership....Pages 151-164
A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Innovations in Savings Programs....Pages 165-183
Solving the Paradox of High College Expectations: The Role of Children’s Savings Accounts....Pages 185-201
Extending Savings Accounts to Young People: Lessons from Two Decades of Asset Building....Pages 203-225
Making Tax Time the Financial Management Moment....Pages 227-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Foundations of an Asset-Based Social Policy Agenda....Pages 245-261
Asset Building Research and Policy: Pathways, Progress, and Potential of a Social Innovation....Pages 263-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-299