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Standing on Shaky Ground: Americans' Experiences with Economic Insecurity

December 2010

The recession of 2008 and early 2009 took an economic toll on 93 percent of American households, according to a new report from the Rockefeller Foundation and Yale University, the first to detail how economic insecurity affects the well-being of Americans. The study's results are a companion to the national Economic Security Index (ESI), which has shown that economic insecurity has worsened since the mid-1980s.

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• Standing on Shaky Ground: Americans' Experiences with Economic Insecurity

  December 14, 2010
  New report from Rockefeller Foundation and Yale University surveys how Americans perceive and experience economic insecurity. >

• Social Security: Voices and Values

  October 25, 2010
  AARP releases new survey findings on the values and perceptions of Social Security. >

• More Americans Are Financially Insecure Now Than in the Past 25 Years

  July 23, 2010
  A record one in five American households is financially insecure, the highest level in the past 25 years, according to a new study establishing the “Economic Security Index” (ESI). This ESI index, designed to measure the economic well-being of American families, was developed by Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. >

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