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Americans struggle to feed their families
Frank Newport Aug 23, 2012
New data from Gallup shows that 25 percent of Mississippi residents have struggled to feed their families at some point over the last 12 months. On average, 18 percent of respondents in the U.S. say they've lacked money for food at least once recently.
Economic mobility in Chicago's projects
Sylvester Monroe Aug 17, 2012
Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe visits his childhood home -- a demolished public housing project in Chicago -- to see who made it out and who's moving up the economic ladder.
Census Bureau considers change to head count
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson Aug 10, 2012
"Hispanic" would be an option for race, but some worry the change could have financial consequences.
Looking behind the statistics of child poverty
Dustin Dwyer Aug 7, 2012
A new review from the Annie E. Casey Foundation says the number of children living in homes where neither parent has full-time year-round work has jumped sharply after the recession.
Syrian refugees face financial uncertainty
Tess Vigeland Aug 3, 2012
Thousands of Syrian refugees continue to flood border communities in Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan. Both government and non-government aid organizations are scrambling to accommodate them.
Income segregation rising in rapidly changing cities
John Ketchum Aug 2, 2012
Immigration and the migration of retirees are key factors in the growing trend of urban economic segregation.
Larry Summers on income inequality
Jeremy Hobson Jul 30, 2012
Former Treasury Secretary and top economic advisor to President Barack Obama Lawrence Summers talks about education and income inequality in the U.S., and the state of the world economy.
Can the free market provide opportunity for all?
Jeremy Hobson Jul 31, 2012
Arthur Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute, argues that raising taxes won't help the poor and that the free market is the way to bring people out of poverty.
Arthur Laffer on income inequality, raising taxes
Jeff Horwich Jul 26, 2012
The father of supply-side economics explains why he's against raising taxes on the rich, and the problems with being so against income inequality.
Two thirds of Americans aren't economically mobile
Mitchell Hartman Jul 9, 2012
A new study from Pew's economic mobility project finds that only about one third of Americans have achieved a better economic position than their parents.
