Impact University: Financial Innovation
States Ease Interest Rate Laws That Protected Poor Borrowers >
Corkery, M. (2014-10-21, The New York Times): In recent years, lenders have come under fire in Washington, D.C. Yet one corner of the financial industry -- lending to people with poor credit scores -- has found sympathetic audiences in many state capitals.
Why Some People Love Tax Day >
The Earned Income Tax Credit has been widely hailed as the federal government's most successful anti-poverty program. It is certainly the largest -- redistributing about $60 billion from wealthier Americans to the working poor every year.
Social Experiments to Fight Poverty >
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