In another sign that the economy is recovering, Americans' access to basic goods and services is improving, according to a new Gallup survey. The ...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.30.2011
With so much economic uncertainty weighing on Americans this holiday season, even Santa Claus has to hedge a bit. Prospective Santas at the Charles...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.22.2011
There are certain basic costs that every household runs up -- food costs, medical expenses, utility bills. And almost half of all Americans are in dan...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.21.2011
More than half of all Americans say they've recently gone a year without dining out, in what may be one of the clearest reflections yet of how the lis...
Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
The most basic reason for guaranteeing universal health care is that we encourage a primitive, survival-based world when we fail to meet otherwise productive people's most basic needs.
Georgia Levenson Keohane | Posted 05.25.2011
This week and next I am a guest blogger at The Center for Effective Philanthropy. My posts address philanthropy and the economic crisis, and include ...
Dylan Kendall | Posted 11.17.2011
My work has led me to question whether our current understanding of "basic needs" does little more than sustain the problem of homelessness, rather than solve it by creating empowered individuals capable of managing their own lives.
Loren Berlin | Posted 04.24.2012