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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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Equitable Growth in Conversation: An interview with Lawrence H. Summers

Inequality & MobilityLaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Giving credit to the unemployed

Tax & MacroeconomicsLabor
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Today’s economic history: John Law in Venice

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Why it makes sense to look at nominal wage growth right now

LaborTax & Macroeconomics
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Must-read: Richard Mayhew: “ESI, Stability and Cost”

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Must-read: Michael E. Martinez et al.: “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey”

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Must-read: Mark Thoma: “Why the Working Class Is Choosing Trump and Sanders”

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The more elastic you are, the less you lose

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Must-read: Ada Palmer: “Plato vs. Metaphysics, or How Very Hard it Is to Un-Learn Freud”