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
Why minimum wages are a critical tool for achieving racial justice in the U.S. labor market
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
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Lisa Cook, Hilary Hoynes, and Atif Mian join Equitable Growth Steering Committee
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Equitable Growth,
October 28, 2020
October 28, 2020
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Equitable Growth’s labor market experts deliver comment letter to U.S. Department of Labor on status of independent contractors
October 27, 2020
October 27, 2020
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Equitable Growth’s Amanda Fischer joins others in comment letter to antitrust regulator on harmful U.S. banking consolidation
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Equitable Growth,
October 27, 2020
October 27, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
Factsheet: New study shows that emergency paid sick leave reduced COVID-19 infections in the United States
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Equitable Growth,
October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, October 20–26, 2020
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Brad DeLong,
October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
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Weekend reading: Supporting workers, regardless of employment status, edition
October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020
Coronavirus Recession
Addressing long-term U.S. unemployment requires confronting the stigma against the unemployed amid the coronavirus recession
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Peter Norlander,
October 22, 2020
October 22, 2020
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Equitable Growth’s Household Pulse graphs: September 30–October 12
October 21, 2020
October 21, 2020