Assets Perspective

Rachel Black, New America Foundation, USAWilliam Elliott III, New America Foundation, USADevin Fergus, The Ohio State University, USAAllison Freeman, University of North Carolina, USATerri Friedline, University of Kansas, USAClinton Key, The Pew Charitable Trust, USATatjana Meschede, Brandeis University, USASam Osoro, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, USAJanneke Ratcliffe, University of North Carolina, USACarolina Reid, University of California at Berkeley, USADavid Rothstein, Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, USAThomas Shapiro, Brandeis University, USAMichael Serraden, Washington University in Saint Louis, USAPiyush Tantia, Ideas42, USAShannon White, Ideas42, USAJosh Wright, Ideas42, USA

• 1. The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy; Reid Cramer and Trina R. Williams Shanks 2. Transformation of Anti-Poverty Policies and Programs; Trina R. Williams Shanks 3. The Finances of Typical Households after the Great Recession; Clinton Key 4. Financial Fracking in the Land of the Fee, 1980-2008; Devin Fergus 5. The Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Why Wealth is Not Color Blind; Thomas Shapiro, Tatjana Meschede, and Sam Osoro 6. The Promises and Pitfalls of Homeownership; Carolina Reid 7. Setting the Record Straight on Affordable Homeownership; Allison Freeman and Janneke Ratcliffe 8. A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Innovations in Savings Programs; Piyush Tantia, Shannon White, and Josh Wright 9. Solving the Paradox of High College Expectations: The Role of Children's Savings Accounts; William Elliott III 10. Extending Savings Accounts to Young People: Lessons from Two Decades of Asset Building; Terri Friedline 11. Making Tax Time the Financial Management Moment; David Rothstein and Rachel Black 12. Foundations of an Asset-Based Social Policy Agenda; Reid Cramer 13. Asset Building Research and Policy: Pathways, Progress, and Potential of a Social Innovation; Michael Sherraden