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We all deserve an opportunity to make a better life for ourselves and our families. Learn how a national measure of economic security will help us fully understand what every American needs not just to get by, but get ahead and plan for the future.

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The National True Cost of Living Coalition is a broad-based group of policy experts and labor, business, philanthropic and community leaders.

We are advocating for a national measure of economic security to provide a more accurate picture of financial wellbeing in America.

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It’s time to measure what matters!

Help us to spread the news about what a new national measure of economic security would mean for everyday American families. By looking beyond the most basic of needs to understand what it truly costs to live with economic security, we can help more Americans build a better future.

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Shifting the Paradigm: Measuring Economic Security

Economic security means more than just covering life’s most basic necessities. This primer explores why a new framework for measuring economic well-being is crucial for truly understanding and supporting American families.

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A new national measure of the true cost of economic security would allow us to accurately measure financial resilience by realistically accounting for what American families truly need to live, work, take care of their loved ones and plan for the future.

We all deserve an opportunity to make a better life for ourselves and our families.

If you share this belief, sign up to learn more about how a national economic security measure can help us fully understand what 21st-century Americans need to not only get by, but get ahead and stay ahead.

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