What would it take to provide every child in America with a $1,000 investment account? To help answer this question, Aspen FSP hosted Invest America for a dialogue featuring bipartisan policymakers and private sector leaders, supported by The BlackRock Foundation.
The event started with a panel featuring new bipartisan research from leading economists on the potential of early wealth building accounts to build wealth and bolster the economy. That panel was followed by a discussion with experts who have developed and implemented programs in Oklahoma and Maine, and the event concluded with a four-person, bipartisan panel on legislative feasibility and potential for bipartisan collaboration. Taken together, these discussions demonstrated that universal early wealth building accounts are not just a pipe dream but a powerful and achievable national policy solution that can ensure every American has a meaningful ownership stake in the economy.
