Money and Computing
HUD Sued For Illegal Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Actions
"The case will have broad national implications, because the outcome will determine whether spouses will be able to stay in homes that are now “underwater” as a result of the housing downturn, a possibility that reverse mortgage borrowers have always paid insurance premiums to protect against." more »
CRR: Do Parents Live It Up When Children Fly the Coop?
Parents maintain household-level and increase per-capita consumption when their children leave home. These findings challenge the idea that parents will automatically save more for retirement when their children are independent, indicating that more households are at risk of an unsatisfactory retirement. more »
Do You See Yourself as Inventive? Young Men and Women Don't Seem to Think They Are
American women ages 16-25 possess many characteristics necessary to become inventors, such as creativity, interest in science and math, desire to develop altruistic inventions, and preference for working in groups or with mentors — yet they still do not see themselves as inventive more »
ER: She Wore the Union Label; A Review of She Was One of Us
Even during wartime she spoke for the right of all workers to join unions.ER’s outspoken support gave labor unions what political scientists call "elite legitimation." Labor unions had been around for a long time but only during FDR’s administration did they acquire mainstream respectability. To this, the first lady make a major contribution. more »