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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: New York Times
Bitter Politics of Envy?
You’re just jealous. At least that’s how Mitt Romney sees it. The millionaire who posed for a picture with the boys at Bain Capital with the long green clinched between their teeth and poking out of their collars and jackets now says that people who question what he did there, and what rich people do now, are just green with envy. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: The Daily Beast
The Recession’s Permanent Victims
America will recover from today’s slump. But not all Americans. The Pew survey collects sobering data on what happens to Americans who experience sharp income losses. Most eventually struggle back to their feet. But a substantial minority never do.
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- Source: Slate
The Economics Of Divorce
[Some] Pew stats on divorce that Kevin Drum highlights today (see fact sheet for more) are a good pretext for something I've been meaning to get off my chest for a while. When people look at income statistics, they often fail to explicitly account for the fact that there are tradeoffs between economic and non-economic aspects of life. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: CNN Money
Middle Class Dropouts
Nearly one-third of Americans who were raised in the middle class dropped down the economic ladder as adults—and that's before the Great Recession hit. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Americans Increasingly Lack Ability to Climb Economic Ladder
Americans in 2012 enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe, the New York Times reports.In recent years, at least five large studies have identified a "mobility gap" in the United States.
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Rules May Help Parolees Avoid Jail for Small Errors
Brendan Cochrane had been, by and large, a model parolee. After serving 10 years for attempted murder, he started a video production business, moved into an apartment in Manhattan, got engaged and abstained from drugs and alcohol. But last year, after four years on parole, he found himself back in prison for six months.
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- Source: TIME Moneyland
The Loss of Upward Mobility in the U.S.
Economic mobility is becoming a more prominent issue in the 2012 Republican presidential race, and will likely be widely discussed in the general election. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: nytimes.com
Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
American life is built on the faith that people can rise from humble origins to economic heights. But many researchers have reached a conclusion that turns conventional wisdom on its head: Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Time
We Paid Almost $30 Billion in Overdraft Fees in 2011
At many banks, customers were automatically—often unwittingly—enrolled in overdraft programs that would permit debit purchases to go through even if it would overdraw their account, to the tune of up to $35 a pop. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: New York Times
We Feel Rich Enough
Just one percent of Americans mention inequality when asked what is the most important problem facing the country.
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