More than half of the energy and climate change policy costs in household bills are spent on measures to target the fuel poor and energy efficiency.

BBC: Energy policies 'reduce bill rises'

For more information about how to protect yourself and your kids from these household chemicals, and to get involved in policy change, see the press release here.

FORBES: The Chemicals In Your Couch May Pose Serious Health Risks

In the US study, researchers from the independent Rand Drug Policy Research Center in Santa Monica, California, looked at data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse between 1982 and 1994.

BBC: Cannabis 'not linked to harder drugs'

Household debt has doubled in the past five years, partly as a result of an explicit policy of encouraging the use of credit cards to cut down on cash-based transactions and fight tax evasion.

BBC: Koreans are going back to cash after their credit binge

In a recent UNICEF policy research working paper (Mendoza 2010), I surveyed the emerging evidence on household coping strategies in 2009, based on field reports, community based monitoring, and surveys by governments, the UN family of agencies, and other development organisations.

FORBES: Inclusive Crises and Exclusive Recoveries?

Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy is restraining economic growth.

FORBES: Demand Curves Slope Downward: Fed Policy Edition