Credit & Debt Archives - Page 2 of 16 - 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.

working paper

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

TOPICS:

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

TOPICS:

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

TOPICS:

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

TOPICS:

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

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing

Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

By Equitable Growth,

May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

For an equitable recovery, federal relief to deal with the coronavirus recession must be transparent to the U.S. public

By Amanda Fischer,

May 13, 2020

May 13, 2020

Amanda Fischer,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession is severe, and the damage to the U.S. economy will last years

By Claudia Sahm,

April 29, 2020

April 29, 2020

Claudia Sahm,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

Early lessons learned from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s first round of lending from its Paycheck Protection Program

By Amanda Fischer,

April 23, 2020

April 23, 2020

Amanda Fischer,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Past Event

Webinar: Fighting the coronavirus recession and the path forward

May 13, 2020 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Equitable Recovery

The coronavirus recession and economic inequality: A roadmap to recovery and long-term structural change

By Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Heather Boushey, Somin Park,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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Coronavirus Recession

Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic

By N. Gregory Mankiw,

April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020

N. Gregory Mankiw,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing, Monetary Policy, Unemployment Insurance

Coronavirus Recession

Rescuing small businesses to fight the coronavirus recession and prevent further economic inequality in the United States

By Amanda Fischer,

April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020

Amanda Fischer,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Poverty

Coronavirus Recession

The three ways fiscal policy can be used to fight COVID-19 and the coronavirus recession

By Olivier Blanchard,

April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020

Olivier Blanchard,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy

working paper

The Matching Multiplier and the Amplification of Recessions

By Christina Patterson,

April 8, 2020

April 8, 2020

Christina Patterson,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty

Coronavirus Recession

Three important questions to answer about U.S. financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession

By J. Nellie Liang,

April 7, 2020

April 7, 2020

J. Nellie Liang,

Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Monetary Policy

Coronavirus Recession

Getting money urgently to low-wage U.S. workers

By Lisa Cook,

March 30, 2020

March 30, 2020

Lisa Cook,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Race & Ethnicity

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