Value Added - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- AI, tech, & the economy
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Climate
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Value Added – A blog

Our blog is the place where our staff and guest bloggers present clear, fact-based posts that make the connections between economic inequality and growth for the broad policy community and journalists based on the latest academic research.

The Rise of Populism

Federal and state governments can help solve the employment problems of people in distressed places to spur equitable growth

By Timothy Bartik,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Timothy Bartik,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economics of Place

The Rise of Populism

How the economic and political geography of the United States fuels right-wing populism—and what the Democratic Party can do about it

By Jacob Hacker, Paul Pierson,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Paul Pierson,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

The Rise of Populism

America’s job-quality crisis and how to revive workers’ pay, dignity, job advancement, and economic well-being

By Erin Kelly,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Erin Kelly,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

The Rise of Populism

The political implications of bad jobs and the decline of unions

By Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Adam Dean, Jamie McCallum,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Health

The Rise of Populism

Countering right-wing populism: Identifying its cultural roots and charting a path forward

By Yotam Margalit,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Yotam Margalit,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

The Rise of Populism

More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

By Jonathan Cohen, Katherine Cramer,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Jonathan Cohen, Katherine Cramer,

Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, GDP 2.0

The Rise of Populism

Housing insecurity and U.S. economic policies: Lessons from tenant organizing

By Jamila Michener,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Jamila Michener,

Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing

The Rise of Populism

How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics

By David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

The Rise of Populism

Understanding the role of immigration and economic factors in boosting support for far-right political parties

By Sirus H. Dehdari,

May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Sirus H. Dehdari,

Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

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