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November 25, 2019

Way to Go Houston! Moving the Needle on Homelessness.

Solve it mindset + community-wide goal + focused efforts and resources + short-term wins supporting long-term goal = Moving the needle on homelessness.
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Inequality of Opportunity and Aggregate Economic Performance. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
October 3, 2019

Inequality of Opportunity and Aggregate Economic Performance

Local areas with higher intergenerational mobility display faster economic growth over the 2000–2013 and 2007–2013 periods. This is true when intergenerational mobility is measured in both relative and, especially, absolute terms. In the reverse direction,...
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A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
October 3, 2019

A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy

While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Celebrated economic historian, Joel Mokyr argues why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial...
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Equality of Opportunity. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
October 3, 2019

Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement

During the last third of the twentieth century, political philosophers actively debated about the content of distributive justice; the ruling ethical view of utilitarianism was challenged by various versions of equality of opportunities.
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Shifting from access to economic empowerment: Charles Schwab 2019 Modern Wealth Survey. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
September 18, 2019

Shifting from access to economic empowerment: Charles Schwab 2019 Modern Wealth Survey

More than a third of Americans admit their spending habits have been influenced by images and experiences shared by their friends on social media and confess they spend more than they can afford to avoid...
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Florida #13 in Overall Rankings Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
August 2, 2019

Florida #13 in Overall Rankings

In 2018 Florida ranked #13 overall in U.S. News and World Report “Best States” Ranking, but #38 in Opportunity. Time to get cracking.
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How wealth inequality has changed in the U.S. since the Great Recession, by race, ethnicity and income. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
July 18, 2019

How wealth inequality has changed in the U.S. since the Great Recession, by race, ethnicity and income.

In the course of 10 years, US society has changed faster than expected. A report by the PEW research center says that inequality increased when measured by race and ethnic wealth in the middle-income families...
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It Is Expensive to Be Poor. Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
June 6, 2016

It Is Expensive to Be Poor.

It is expensive to be poor is a report by The Atlantic Magazine, showing how low income households end up paying more for financial services and child care than any other income group. In fact,...
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South Florida workers are among the poorest-paid. The ‘Miami Discount’ may be to blame.Moving the Needle, non profit organization, financial stability, Finance coaching services, income inequality, American Dream, equality of opportunity, financial inclusion, inclusive economic growth, economic mobility, opportunity, financial well-being, standard of living, impact, collective impact, miami florida
June 6, 2016

South Florida workers are among the poorest-paid. The ‘Miami Discount’ may be to blame.

Miami Dade’s income gap is widening. An in-depth report by the Miami Herald newspaper shows that Miami Dade’s median wage lags behind the national median wage. After discounting the cost of living, less than 40%...
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