Building Inclusive Financial Systems Archive

In this brief we seek to illuminate policymakers’ opportunities to help make emergency savings both automatic and inclusive.

An emergency savings balance serves as a cushion, limiting the need for households to dip into their retirement savings.

Policymakers evaluating the expanded Child Tax Credit should tap into the trove of in-the-moment data to see the program’s impact and reach.

Rebuilding the economy can stabilize families if it includes a better benefits system.

In order to achieve retirement security for the millions of those who are facing an uncertain future after years of work, we need strong leadership from all parts of the retirement savings ecosystem.

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program and WorkRise explored our research and held a conversation about building better on-ramps to financial security and economic mobility.

On April 15, 2021, the Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings is kicking off its fifth convening with a free, public dialogue on how retirement savings must be part of an equitable recovery from COVID-19.

In a Morning Consult op-ed, Anne Mosle discusses the historic opportunities the American Rescue Plan offers to cut child poverty in half and increase well-being for all children and families:  Break Cycles of Poverty and Grow Family Prosperity by Making Permanent Investments in Families