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Equitable Growth Insights Newsletter

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Research & ideas

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The upcoming U.S. election’s most important policy effects are under the radar

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Early career scholars to receive Equitable Growth funding to study economic inequality

Inequality & Mobility
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Will labor’s surging popularity result in new union members in the United States?

Labor
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New economic analyses of the 2017 Trump tax cuts find mixed effects that policymakers should consider when those tax cuts expire in 2025

Tax & Macroeconomics
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New labor market data suggest that U.S. wage growth may be cooling too much

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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New federal heat standard will protect U.S. workers from the ill effects of high temperatures amid intensifying climate change

LaborTax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies

Value Added

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A Visual Economy

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Elevating Research

Equitable Growth is committed to supporting rigorous research that advances what we know about equitable growth. We do that by funding original research from established academics and promising early career researchers.

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In the News

Working Papers

This series is a collection of original research by our grantees and other scholars highlighting the connections between inequality and economic growth.

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Building a community

Equitable Growth’s growing academic network includes scholars up and down the career ladder who seek to understand how to build a strong, stable, and equitable economy and who are engaged through our grant program, conferences, seminars, and academic and a policy outreach.

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