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.

Coronavirus Recession

New congressional reports underscore structural inequalities driving U.S. racial disparities in coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths

By Liz Hipple,

May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020

Liz Hipple,

Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Health, Race & Ethnicity

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Antitrust experts call on Congress to address failings in antitrust law to preserve competition and prevent monopolies in digital marketplaces

By Michael Kades,

May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020

Michael Kades,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement

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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, April 26–May 4, 2020

By Brad DeLong,

May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020

Brad DeLong,

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Weekend reading: The safety net and the coronavirus recession edition

By Emilie Openchowski,

May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

Emilie Openchowski,

Coronavirus Recession

Why workers are engaging in collective action across the United States in response to the coronavirus crisis

By Kate Bahn, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

Kate Bahn, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance

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Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

By Equitable Growth,

May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity

Expert Focus

Expert Focus: Equity and Well-Being During the Coronavirus Recession

By Christian Edlagan, Maria Monroe,

April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020

Christian Edlagan, Maria Monroe,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus Recession

Fool Me Once: Investing in Unemployment Insurance systems to avoid the mistakes of the Great Recession during COVID-19

By Alix Gould-Werth,

April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020

Alix Gould-Werth,

Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession is severe, and the damage to the U.S. economy will last years

By Claudia Sahm,

April 29, 2020

April 29, 2020

Claudia Sahm,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

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