By:
Kate Richey
November 2, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Access to credit has become a necessity for modern American living, touching virtually every aspect of our lives. Many consumers need credit to buy a house or a car, get an education, pay for medical expenses, or start a business. …
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By:
Gene Perry
October 20, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Sara Amberg is Manager of Agency Capacity Building of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.
The day before the February 2011 blizzard plowed through the Midwest, I heard a meteorologist report that he had never seen every radar system,…
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By:
Kate Richey
October 13, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Everyone manages money almost every day. Often we wonder how to better manage our money when it seems there is never enough. CareerBuilder surveyed 3,900 American workers and found that more than six-in-ten workers – 61 percent – live paycheck…
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By:
Kate Richey
September 22, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Update: Click here for our 2010 Poverty Profile based on the Census Bureau data
Despite Oklahoma’s comparatively modest unemployment rate and steady wage growth over the last two years, many of the state’s low income residents continue to be left…
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For a project funded by Smart Start Oklahoma, Oklahoma Policy Institute developed a fiscal map of the federal, state, local, and private supports for young children in our state.
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By:
David Blatt
September 6, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Continuing high unemployment rates, weak economic growth, and stock market volatility are all contributing to concern and uncertainty about the national economy. But how’s Oklahoma faring in these turbulent times? I recently spoke with Chad Wilkerson, the Oklahoma City Branch…
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By:
David Blatt
September 5, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Anyone concerned about the impact that long-term and short-term changes in the American economy are having on the working families that form the pillar of the American middle class should read the cover article in this month’s Atlantic monthly, “Can…
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By:
David Blatt
August 31, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Hardly a day goes by without news of the latest opinion poll surveying the attitudes of Americans or Oklahomans. While many polls are carefully worded and fairly presented, some issue polling is so sloppy or biased that one suspects its…
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By:
David Blatt
August 24, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Erin Lamey is the KIDS COUNT/Research Director for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, dedicated to tracking child well-being.
Many young people entering Oklahoma’s workforce year-after-year are unprepared for…
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By:
David Blatt
August 17, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Despite a modest recovery in the overall economy, a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City finds that low- and moderate-income populations continue to face increased hardship in Oklahoma and other states in the Tenth Federal Reserve…
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