Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth.
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Monopoly power threatens broader economic growth and exacerbates inequality by increasing prices, hindering new business formation, stifling innovation, and diminishing workers’ wages. Current research on the U.S. economy increasingly finds decreasing competition and increasing concentration across industries. Equitable Growth supports research to understand the causes and impacts of increasing market power and to develop policy proposals that will strengthen competition.
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Hospital consolidation and rising health care prices lead to job losses for U.S. workers
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What the research says about the impacts of hospital consolidation across the United States
December 6, 2023
December 6, 2023
U.S. labor market concentration, competition, and worker bargaining power as employment trends shift from manufacturing to services
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Major federal ‘Big Tech’ antitrust case against Google will test the strength of current U.S. antitrust laws in new digital markets
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New research suggests connections between market concentration and the exercise of political power in the United States
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The state of U.S. federal antitrust enforcement
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Request for Proposals: The economic effects of the Inflation Reduction Act
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Understanding market concentration in the AI supply chain
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Request for Proposals: Promoting competition and supporting workers in an era of AI innovation
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November 20, 2024
Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars
October 30, 2024
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Big Daycare: The Impact of Private Equity-Owned Child Care Businesses on the Market for Early Care and Education
August 27, 2024
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Labor Market Collusion through Common Leadership
August 27, 2024
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Hospital consolidation and rising health care prices lead to job losses for U.S. workers
July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024
Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?
April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024
Combating market power through a graduated U.S. corporate income tax
April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024
Matching competition policy in the U.S. healthcare industry to address a new generation of challenges in provider markets
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March 20, 2024
Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?
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March 18, 2024
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