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.
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Coronavirus Recession
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of disaggregating U.S. data by race and ethnicity
By
Austin Clemens,
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
Dealing with the U.S. economic and public health effects of the coronavirus recession compassionately and with an eye on a strong recovery
By
Jason Furman,
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
The coronavirus pandemic requires a wartime commitment for essential workers’ access to childcare
By
Sam Abbott,
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
The coronavirus recession exposes how U.S. labor laws fail gig workers and independent contractors
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
Equitable Recovery
The coronavirus recession and economic inequality: A roadmap to recovery and long-term structural change
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
LaborTax & MacroeconomicsInequality & Mobility
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Bargaining Power,
Credit & Debt,
Economic Inequality,
Economic Mobility,
Economics of Place,
Fiscal Policy,
GDP 2.0,
Gender,
Income & Earnings Volatility,
Minimum Wage,
Monetary Policy,
Monopsony,
Paid Leave,
Pay Equity,
Poverty,
Race & Ethnicity,
Schedule Stability,
Taxes, Inequality & Growth,
Unemployment Insurance,
Wage Stagnation
TOPICS:
Bargaining Power, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Schedule Stability, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation
Coronavirus Recession
Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic
By
N. Gregory Mankiw,
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
N. Gregory Mankiw,
Coronavirus Recession
Rescuing small businesses to fight the coronavirus recession and prevent further economic inequality in the United States
By
Amanda Fischer,
April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
The three ways fiscal policy can be used to fight COVID-19 and the coronavirus recession
By
Olivier Blanchard,
April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020
Olivier Blanchard,
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, April 5–11, 2020
By
Brad DeLong,
April 11, 2020
April 11, 2020