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Accounting for capital gains in income significantly increases U.S. inequality

By Austin Clemens,

July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025

Austin Clemens,
Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 4
Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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The 10 worst policies for equitable economic growth in the 2025 budget reconciliation law

By David S. Mitchell,

July 14, 2025

July 14, 2025

David S. Mitchell,
Tax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 6
Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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Republican reconciliation bill’s cuts to social programs will damage some congressional districts’ local economies

By Chiara Chanoi,

July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025

Chiara Chanoi,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 5
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Poverty
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Poverty
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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

By Christophe Combemale, Dustin Ferrone, Andrew Barber, Laurence Ales,

July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025

Christophe Combemale, Dustin Ferrone, Andrew Barber, Laurence Ales,
Labor
TOPICS: 2
AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility
TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility
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Slow wage growth is the key to understanding U.S. inequality in the 21st century

By Austin Clemens,

July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025

Austin Clemens,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 3
Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0, Wage Stagnation
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Equitable Growth responds to passage of the federal budget bill

By Equitable Growth,

July 7, 2025

July 7, 2025

Equitable Growth,
Tax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 2
Fiscal Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Fiscal Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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Americans informed about the distributional effects of Republicans’ tax and budget bill overwhelmingly oppose it

By Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

July 3, 2025

July 3, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 5
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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Congressional Republicans’ budget bill is the most regressive in at least 40 years

By Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,

June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025

Jacob Hacker, Patrick Sullivan,
Tax & MacroeconomicsInequality & MobilityFamilies
TOPICS: 10
Business Taxation, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Individual Taxation, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Business Taxation, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Individual Taxation, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies

By Robert Manduca,

June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025

Robert Manduca,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 6
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Health, Poverty, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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