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Coronavirus Recession

What the coronavirus recession means for U.S. public-sector employment

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 6
Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation
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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: September 2020 Report Edition

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,
LaborInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 3
Bargaining Power, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
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Testimony by Michael Kades before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on digital markets

By Michael Kades,

October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

Michael Kades,
Competition
TOPICS: 3
Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration
TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration
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Why cost-benefit analysis of tax regulations has failed, and how to fix it

By Greg Leiserson,

September 30, 2020

September 30, 2020

Greg Leiserson,
Tax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 2
Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, September 22-28, 2020

By Brad DeLong,

September 28, 2020

September 28, 2020

Brad DeLong,
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Weekend reading: Measuring and achieving a U.S. economy that works for all edition

By Emilie Openchowski,

September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020

Emilie Openchowski,
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Equitable Growth’s household pulse graphs: September 2–14 edition

By Austin Clemens, Raksha Kopparam, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

September 24, 2020

September 24, 2020

Austin Clemens, Raksha Kopparam, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 2
Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity

By Austin Clemens, Michael Garvey,

September 24, 2020

September 24, 2020

Austin Clemens, Michael Garvey,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 2
GDP 2.0, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: GDP 2.0, Race & Ethnicity
Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge: Remedying monopoly violation by social networks—the role of interoperability and rulemaking

By Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,

September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020

Michael Kades, Fiona M. Scott Morton,
Competition
TOPICS: 3
Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration
TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration
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