Credit & Debt Archives - Equitable Growth

Competition
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how strong competition among U.S. businesses affects inequality and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Anticompetitive Conduct
- Antitrust Enforcement
- Concentration
Families
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how unequal access to care, 21st century work-life policies, and education undermines stable, broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Childcare & Early Education
- Economic Wellbeing
- Health
- K-12
- Post-secondary Education
Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how trends in economic inequality and mobility and changes in the economy have affected the concentration of wealth, income, and earnings, and how these distributional shifts have affected the promise of economic security and opportunity. More
- Topics:
- Economic Inequality
- Economic Mobility
- Economics of Place
- GDP 2.0
- Gender
- Income & Earnings Volatility
- Poverty
- Race & Ethnicity
Labor
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how inequalities in wages, bargaining power, and the evolving labor market affect workers’ economic security and opportunity as well as broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- AI, tech, & the economy
- Bargaining Power
- Job Mobility
- Minimum Wage
- Monopsony
- Paid Leave
- Pay Equity
- Schedule Stability
- Unemployment Insurance
- Wage Stagnation
Tax & Macroeconomics
Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth. More
- Topics:
- Business Taxation
- Climate
- Credit & Debt
- Fiscal Policy
- Individual Taxation
- Monetary Policy
- Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Topic Credit & Debt

Credit and debt play a critical role in U.S. economic fluctuations, and changes in inequality drive changes in both the demand and supply of credit in the economy. Equitable Growth examines the role of credit and debt in the economy and seeks to understand these intersections and understand how best to ensure that the financial sector serves the public interest.

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A Goldilocks Theory of Fiscal Deficits

By Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub, Amir Sufi,

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2022

Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub, Amir Sufi,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy

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Uncertainty about the size of annual tax refunds hinders the effectiveness of tax-based U.S. redistribution

By Sydnee Caldwell, Scott Nelson, Daniel Waldinger,

April 8, 2021

April 8, 2021

Sydnee Caldwell, Scott Nelson, Daniel Waldinger,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation

Vision 2020

The logistics of a reparations program in the United States

By Dania Francis,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Dania Francis,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Gender, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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Encouraging banks to serve the credit needs of everyone

By Claudia Sahm,

February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020

Claudia Sahm,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economics of Place, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

Vision 2020

Promote economic and racial justice: Eliminate student loan debt and establish a right to higher education across the United States

By Darrick Hamilton, Naomi Zewde,

February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020

Darrick Hamilton, Naomi Zewde,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Gender, Job Mobility, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

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Issue Brief: Household insecurity matters for U.S. macroeconomic stability

By Nisha Chikhale,

May 16, 2018

May 16, 2018

Nisha Chikhale,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing

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Low interest rates can dampen competition and hurt productivity growth

By Somin Park,

September 16, 2019

September 16, 2019

Somin Park,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Concentration, Credit & Debt, Monetary Policy

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Wealthier individuals receive higher returns to wealth

By Somin Park,

June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

Somin Park,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Individual Taxation

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Planning for the next recession by reforming U.S. automatic stabilizers

By Alyssa Fisher,

May 16, 2019

May 16, 2019

Alyssa Fisher,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing, Health, Unemployment Insurance

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The effects of disability programs on financial outcomes in the United States

By Manasi Deshpande, Tal Gross, Yalun Su,

March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019

Manasi Deshpande, Tal Gross, Yalun Su,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing

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Disability and distress: The effect of disability programs on financial outcomes

By Manasi Deshpande, Tal Gross, Yalun Su,

March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019

Manasi Deshpande, Tal Gross, Yalun Su,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing

In Conversation

In Conversation with Atif Mian

By Heather Boushey,

January 14, 2019

January 14, 2019

Heather Boushey,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Monetary Policy

In Conversation

In conversation with Karen Dynan

By Heather Boushey,

December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018

Heather Boushey,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Monetary Policy

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Equitable Growth releases 2019 Request for Proposals

By Korin Davis,

November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018

Korin Davis,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Business Taxation, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Monetary Policy, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

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How not to help distressed mortgage borrowers: Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States

By Corey Husak,

October 4, 2018

October 4, 2018

Corey Husak,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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Liquidity vs. wealth in household debt obligations: Evidence from housing policy in the Great Recession

By Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel,

September 4, 2018

September 4, 2018

Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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Supreme Court decision on credit cards undermines competition, celebrates price increases, and will contribute to economic inequality

By Michael Kades,

June 28, 2018

June 28, 2018

Michael Kades,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Credit & Debt

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The surprisingly constant “housing wealth effect” in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

June 20, 2018

June 20, 2018

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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