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Postal Banking Worked—Let’S Bring It Back, Mehrsa Baradaran
Postal Banking Worked—Let’S Bring It Back, Mehrsa Baradaran
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This article appearing in The Nation on January 9, 2016 examines how Postal Banking could assist low-income individuals.
Why The Poor Face A Higher Cost Of Banking, Mehrsa Baradaran
Why The Poor Face A Higher Cost Of Banking, Mehrsa Baradaran
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Professor Baradaran appeared on PBS Newshour to discuss inequality in the banking system on January 6, 2016.
Class Warfare: The Disappearance Of Low-Income Litigants From The Civil Docket, Myriam Gilles
Class Warfare: The Disappearance Of Low-Income Litigants From The Civil Docket, Myriam Gilles
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In recent years, much attention has been paid to the startling disparities in income and wealth in contemporary U.S. society. The enormous concentration of economic power in the top 1% is the culmination of decades of significant income and wealth gains for the top, combined with stagnant or decreasing growth for the majority - a trend that continues apace. But nowhere is the gap more glaring than in the civil docket, where class actions brought by or on behalf of low-income consumers and employees are on the verge of disappearing.
To be sure, the decline in class actions is only …