Jun 23 2015
Living on the Financial Edge: New Debt Challenges for At-Risk Americans
How financially capable are Americans? Over the last year, Filene has released a series of reports on the financial state...
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Jul 02 2008
Responsible Debt Relief
In Responsible Debt Relief (RDR): An Algorithmic Assessment of Household Debt Capacity and Repayment Capability, Robert Manning, director of the center for consumer financial services at the Rochester Institute of Technology, introduces the concept of RDR. RDR is an algorithm that statistically estimates the net return to creditors and guides consumers to the debt reduction plan that best matches their financial situation. Dr. Manning is one of the country’s leading experts on America’s ever expanding debt phenomenon. Listen to his recent interviews on NPR:
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