Financial Literacy Coalition Teams Up With Subprime Lender

The JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, a national nonprofit advocacy group that aims to improve the financial management skills of America’s youth, draws lots of attention for its surveys measuring how much kids really understand money. Last spring, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke More…

Home Ownership Is Not a Dirty Word

At Economist’s View, Mark Thoma brings up a subject no one seems to want to talk about anymore – helping people with modest incomes buy homes.

In the housing crisis, poor people — of all the likely suspects — are playing the role of scapegoats. Conservatives support the idea More…