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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.

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Why a minimum wage increase would help low-income workers across the United States

Labor
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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Seven graphs to consider while watching the State of the Union address

Inequality & Mobility
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Weekend reading: “Poverty and the labor market” edition

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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: January 2019 Report Edition

Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: Wage Stagnation
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As the U.S. rural economy changes, social safety net programs buoy rural residents above the poverty line

Inequality & Mobility
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, January 25–31, 2019

Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Revitalizing U.S. antitrust enforcement is not simply a contest between Brandeis and Bork—look first to Thurman Arnold

Competition
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Weekend Reading “What About a Wealth Tax?” Edition

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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, January 18–24, 2019