A fragile balance
Subtitle: emergency savings and liquid resources for low-income consumers
By: edited by J. Michael Collins
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781137487810
Subjects: Saving and investment; Low-income consumers; Poor; Personal Finance
Description: "A Fragile Balance examines strategies to promote emergency savings, especially among underserved households. Each chapter is by an expert contributor and proposes an innovative financial product or service designed to bolster emergency savings among low-asset families. This collection also offers readers insights into the role of emergency savings and mechanisms to facilitate savings behaviors, and raises critical questions of the scale, institutional capacity, sustainability, accessibility, and effectiveness of existing programs" -- From the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.