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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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New financial health survey shows that traditional metrics of economic growth don’t apply to most U.S. households’ incomes and savings

Inequality & Mobility
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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Investments in early childhood education improve outcomes for program participants—and perhaps other children too

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Weekend reading: “Jobs and the Holidays” edition

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Measurement matters. An equitable economy is impossible without it.

Inequality & Mobility
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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, November 16–29, 2018

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U.S. income growth has been stagnant. To what degree depends on how you measure it.

Inequality & Mobility
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Marriage is an unexpected fringe benefit of a quality job in the United States: Food for thought this holiday shopping season

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
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Refocusing the minimum wage debate on the well-being of U.S. workers

Labor
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TOPICS: Minimum Wage
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Remembrance: Scholar Devah Pager (1972–2018)

Inequality & MobilityLabor