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Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: July 2020 Report Edition

By Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,

August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020

Kate Bahn, Carmen Sanchez Cumming,
LaborInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 3
Bargaining Power, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
Coronavirus Recession

Gaps in U.S. rural and urban economic growth widened in the post-Great Recession economy, with implications amid the coronavirus recession

By Raksha Kopparam,

August 6, 2020

August 6, 2020

Raksha Kopparam,
Inequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 3
Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, GDP 2.0
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, GDP 2.0
Coronavirus Recession

Twenty-one policy resources to combat the coronavirus recession

By David S. Mitchell,

August 5, 2020

August 5, 2020

David S. Mitchell,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
TOPICS: 7
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, July 28-August 3, 2020

By Brad DeLong,

August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020

Brad DeLong,
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Weekend reading: Congress must pass additional coronavirus aid now edition

By Emilie Openchowski,

July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020

Emilie Openchowski,
Coronavirus Recession

Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee on the Coronavirus Recession

By Heather Boushey,

July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020

Heather Boushey,
FamiliesTax & MacroeconomicsLabor
TOPICS: 3
Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Unemployment Insurance
Coronavirus Recession

Congress must act to help U.S. families facing an income crisis

By Claudia Sahm,

July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020

Claudia Sahm,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 9
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity
Coronavirus Recession

Broken plumbing: How systems for delivering economic relief in response to the coronavirus recession failed the U.S. economy

By Amanda Fischer, Alix Gould-Werth,

July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020

Amanda Fischer, Alix Gould-Werth,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
TOPICS: 7
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Race & Ethnicity
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, July 21-27, 2020

By Brad DeLong,

July 27, 2020

July 27, 2020

Brad DeLong,
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