Payday Lenders, Pawn Shops, and Check Cashers: A Deeper Spatial Dive

Locating (Payday) Lenders in the context of targeted populations

By |2023-12-13T16:20:50-05:00December 5th, 2023|Data Diversions, Economic Development, Equity|Comments Off on Payday Lenders, Pawn Shops, and Check Cashers: A Deeper Spatial Dive

Financial Health & Ethnicity of Metro Atlanta

This post explores data from the Urban Institute on the financial health and racial makeup of Atlanta's Public Use Microdata Areas.

By |2022-12-01T10:54:45-05:00December 1st, 2022|Economic Development, Equity, Mapday, Population, Race and Diversity|Comments Off on Financial Health & Ethnicity of Metro Atlanta

Income Inequality and Black Wealth: Opinions from Metro Atlanta Speaks

How do Atlanta residents rate the importance of enhanced income equality to our economy, and, following on, what seems to be their current knowledge base about the size of the highly related racial wealth gap?

By |2022-02-25T16:23:34-05:00February 25th, 2022|Economic Development, Economy, Equity, Friday Factday, Metro Atlanta Speaks, Race and Diversity|Comments Off on Income Inequality and Black Wealth: Opinions from Metro Atlanta Speaks

Friday Factday: Wealth and Net Worth in the Metro

Wealth and net worth are two critical and under-examined measures of financial well-being and success. This Friday Factday takes a look at both variables in 20 metro-area counties and explores the implications around visible geographic disparities in wealth.

By |2019-08-23T12:40:41-04:00August 23rd, 2019|Economy, Equity, Friday Factday, Race and Diversity|Comments Off on Friday Factday: Wealth and Net Worth in the Metro
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