Thrift or Debt: Which Direction is Right for Texas? Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Charles E. Stokes, and Stephen Reeves • 2011

In this appeal to the Texas Legislature, the Texas Thrift Coalition (a nonpartisan, volunteer group of leaders and organizations) promotes thrift and encourages saving as a path to family prosperity and financial security for Texans. Read more

2010 Texas Thrift Survey Field Report
Download the Report. For more information, contact Chuck Stokes.

Connecting Thrift and Marriage:
Themes in the Research Literature Alex Roberts • 2/10

There are enough solid studies on family structure, saving, and wealth to make a clear case that marriage and thrift — the nest and the nest-egg — are interconnected. Read more

For a New Thrift: Confronting the Debt Culture
A Report to the Nation from the Commission on Thrift Signed by sixty-six scholars and co-sponsored by eight leading think tanks • 5/08

For a New Thrift calls for efforts to rebuild broadly democratic, pro-thrift institutions that will serve and reward the "small saver." Read more