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California's Retirement Plan for Everyone

California is on the road to providing universal, automatic, and portable retirement accounts for all private sector workers. Read our issue brief and learn about this innovative effort to support a secure retirement for all.

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What Do We Want From Our Tax System?

The Asset Building Program sent a letter to the House Committee working on tax reform, read our recommendations for reforming the tax code and supporting savings here.
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The Patchwork Quilt of Asset Limits

Across the 50 states, assistance programs like SNAP, Medicaid and TANF are governed by a patchwork quilt or rules about the savings that families can have and still be eligible. Read our report on asset limits, and why reform is making programs work better, and maybe cheaper.
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Prize-Linked Savings

Americans don't save enough. Would they if every deposit was like a lottery ticket? We hosted a panel of experts to discuss the growing momentum around prize-linked savings.
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Who Benefits the Most?

The US will spend $548 billion this year supporting asset building. Visit this innovative infographic to find out who benefits the most and what we can do to make those dollars work better.
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Articles and Op-Eds

Don’t Hate Jerry Brown For Making You Save
May 07 | Zócalo Public Square
Aleta Sprague
It’s Retirement Security, Not Social Security
April 09 | Zócalo Public Square
Joshua Freedman
Justin King
Spotlight on Wealth Inequality Goes Viral
March 15 | Spotlight on Poverty
Reid Cramer
The American Dream, Redeemed
January 14 | The Washington Monthly
Reid Cramer
Time to Reduce Poverty
December 20
David Rothstein
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Recent & Upcoming Events

Democratizing Wealth and a Sustainable Future
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:15pm | Washington
The Hell of American Day Care
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 12:15pm | Washington
Jackpot: Using Lotteries to Promote Personal Savings
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 11:00am | Washington
The New (Suburban) Homeless: How Foreclosures and the Great Recession Have Impacted American Families
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 12:15pm | Washington
Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 12:15pm | Washington
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Asset Building Video Interviews

Click below to watch short interviews with key experts that distill our events, policy papers and commentary down to the essentials.

The Ladder Blog

CalWORKs’ Car Ban Keeps Families Poor
Aleta Sprague
Friday, May 24, 2013
Editor's note: this post appears as an op-ed in today's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. It is authored by Judy Darnell, Director of Public Policy at United Ways of California, and Aleta Sprague, Policy Analyst at New America Foundation.After Melissa’s parents kicked her out at age 15, she...
Asset Building News Week, May 20-24
Hannah Emple
Friday, May 24, 2013
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 week's topics include public benefits, poverty, housing, and unemployment.
Event Summary: Democratizing Wealth and a Sustainable Future
Hannah Emple
Thursday, May 23, 2013
On Wednesday, the Asset Building Program was pleased to host Gar Alperovitz for a conversation about his new book, “What then Must We Do? Democratizing Wealth and Building a Community-Sustaining Economy from the Ground Up.”. A recording of the event is available here.Alperovitz is a political...
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The Assets Report 2012

DOES THE FEDERAL BUDGET SUPPORT SAVING AND WEALTH DEVELOPMENT? FOR WHOM?

The Assets Report 2012 answers these questions. The Assets Report Data Visualization tells the story of how American families benefit (and don’t benefit) from current federal spending and recommends polices that could improve this outlook.

Podcasts

Education Watch Podcast: The Hell of (and Hope for) American Daycare
May 20, 2013
In The Tank: Tighten Your Belt, Washington
April 16, 2013
In The Tank: Who Are The Weeklies?
April 9, 2013
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Asset Building Program Staff

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Rachel Black
Senior Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program

Rachel Black is a senior policy analyst in the Asset Building Program at the...

Reid Cramer
Reid Cramer
Director, Asset Building Program

Reid Cramer is director of the Asset Building Program at the New America...

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William Elliott III
Senior Research Fellow, Asset Building Program

As a Senior Research Fellow in the Asset Building Program of the New America...

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Hannah Emple
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program

Hannah Emple is a policy analyst with the Asset Building Program at the New...

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Justin King
Federal Policy Liaison, Asset Building Program

As Federal Policy Liaison of the Asset Building Program at the New America...

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David Rothstein
Research Fellow, Asset Building Program

As a research fellow in the Asset Building Program of the New America...

Elliot Schruer
Elliot Schreur
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program

Elliot Schreur is a policy analyst with the Asset Building Program at the...

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Aleta Sprague
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program

Aleta Sprague is a policy analyst in the Asset Building Program at the New...

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Eric Tyler
Research Fellow, The Asset Building Program and The Global Asset...

Eric Tyler is a research fellow with the New America Foundation and focuses...

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Jamie M. Zimmerman
Director, Global Assets Project

Jamie M. Zimmerman is Director of the Global Assets Project at the New...

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