Vision 2020 Book Release Breakfast

When: February 18, 2020 9:00AM - 10:45AM

Where: 520 North Capitol St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced its new book, Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy, at a breakfast event on February 18, 2020. Authored by leading scholars across the country, this compilation of 21 essays highlights a range of new ideas and the research behind them.

We compiled Vision 2020 so the latest research informs critical election-year economic policy debates and to inspire decisionmakers to take action to address inequality’s subversive effect on broadly shared and sustainable economic growth.

Building on many of the key themes and ideas from Equitable Growth’s Vision 2020 conference, this package of policy proposals tackles many of the ways that the increasing concentration of economic resources translates into political and social power.

Panelists:

Heather Boushey (moderator)
President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Author of Vision 2020 essay “New measurement for a new economy”

Robynn Cox
Assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States”

Susan Lambert
Professor of social service and administration at the University of Chicago
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective”

Fiona Scott Morton
Professor of economics at Yale University
Author of Vision 2020 essay “Reforming U.S. antitrust enforcement and competition policy”

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Below is the full list of the book’s authors and topics, listed by section:

Competition

Solving the market power problem with evidence-based policies is imperative for delivering the strong, stable, and broad-based growth the country so desperately needs.

“Reforming U.S. antitrust enforcement and competition policy,” by Fiona Scott Morton, professor of economics at Yale University
“Improving competition to lower U.S. prescription drug costs,” by Aaron Kesselheim, professor of medicine at Harvard University

Labor

We must better understand the causes of wage stagnation and how policies can foster the structural transformation of the U.S. labor market so that workers can share in the gains of economic growth.

“Wage and employment implications of U.S. labor market monopsony and possible policy solutions,” by Sydnee Caldwell, incoming assistant professor of business administration and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Suresh Naidu, professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University
“Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation,” by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University
“International trade policy that works for U.S. workers,” by Kimberly Clausing, professor of economics at Reed College
“Rebuilding U.S. labor market wage standards,” by Arindrajit Dube, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Family economic security

The nation needs policies that support families as they engage in the labor market, making it possible for families to both care for each other and raise the next generation while also contributing to the economy through paid employment.

“The economic imperative of enacting paid family leave across the United States,” by Maya Rossin-Slater, assistant professor of health policy at Stanford University, and Jenna Stearns, assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Davis
“Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States,” by Taryn Morrissey, associate professor of public policy at American University
“Fair work schedules for the U.S. economy and society: What’s reasonable, feasible, and effective,” by Susan Lambert, professor of social service and administration at the University of Chicago
“Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers,” by Emily E. Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University, and Michael D. Carr, associate professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Boston
“Policies to strengthen our nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” by Hilary Hoynes, professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University

Tax and macroeconomics

The rise of inequality has implications for the efficacy of monetary, fiscal, and tax policy tools we have now and new ones we need to strengthen the economy.

“A modest tax reform proposal to raise federal tax rates,” by Owen Zidar, associate professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, and Eric Zwick, associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago
“Good U.S. monetary policy can’t fix bad U.S. fiscal policy,” by John Sabelhaus, visiting scholar at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
“Fighting the next recession in the United States with law and regulation, not just fiscal and monetary policies,” by Yair Listokin, professor of law at Yale University

Inequality and mobility

Economic and noneconomic outcomes are still dictated by parental resources, race, and privilege. More needs to be done to bring all groups into the economy on equal footing.

“Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States,” by Bradley Hardy, associate professor of public administration and policy at American University, and Trevon Logan, professor of economics at The Ohio State University
“Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States,” by Robynn Cox, assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California
“Prisoner re-entry in Native American communities offers lessons of resilience and nationwide policy solutions,” by Blythe George, postdoctoral sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley
“The logistics of a reparations program in the United States,” by Dania V. Francis, assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston
“Promote economic and racial justice: Eliminate student loan debt and establish a right to higher education across the United States,” by Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and professor of public affairs at The Ohio State University, and Naomi Zewde, assistant professor of public health and health policy at The City University of New York
“A plan for equitable climate policy in the United States,” by Leah C. Stokes and Matto Mildenberger, assistant professors of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara
“New measurement for a new economy,” by Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth