John Markoff spoke with 2018-19 CASBS Fellow Kirsten Wysen about her work as a public policy analyst for King County, WA - which includes Seattle - and its “Communities of Opportunity” program. They discussed structural racism and debt in poor communities, and their relation to health.
King County's Communities of Opportunity program
Kirsten's article "The almighty credit score: It tracks the past, predicts the future, and maintains existing hierarchies"
San Francisco's Mission Asset Fund
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on payday loans
Betrayal Trauma Theory (a concept pioneered by 1989-90 & 2018-19 CASBS fellow Jennifer Freyd)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
@casbsstanford on twitter