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

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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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Housing wealth effects: The long view

By Adam M. Guren, Alisdair McKay, Emi Nakamura, Jon Steinsson,

June 19, 2018

June 19, 2018

Adam M. Guren, Alisdair McKay, Emi Nakamura, Jon Steinsson,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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What are the macroeconomic policy tools to counter secular stagnation in the United States?

By Nick Bunker,

June 12, 2018

June 12, 2018

Nick Bunker,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Monetary Policy

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Why macroeconomics should further embrace distributional economics

By Nick Bunker,

June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018

Nick Bunker,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Monetary Policy

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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

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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

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Understanding the importance of household credit in high-income economies

By Nick Bunker,

February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018

Nick Bunker,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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Credit card competition case before U.S. Supreme Court leaves consumers and competition in the balance

By Michael Kades,

February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

Michael Kades,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Credit & Debt

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Issue brief: Alleviating financial distress and its economic consequences in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 15, 2017

August 15, 2017

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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Targeted debt relief and the origins of financial distress: Experimental evidence from distressed credit card borrowers

By Will Dobbie, Jae Song,

August 15, 2017

August 15, 2017

Will Dobbie, Jae Song,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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Debt ≠ deficits: Why higher state and local government debt isn’t necessarily a result of higher spending

July 21, 2017

July 21, 2017

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, GDP 2.0

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Are economic boom-and-bust cycles stronger when capital is more available?

By Nick Bunker,

July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017

Nick Bunker,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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How do credit supply shocks affect the real economy? Evidence from the United States in the 1980s

By Atif Mian, Amir Sufi, Emil Verner,

July 11, 2017

July 11, 2017

Atif Mian, Amir Sufi, Emil Verner,

Tax & Macroeconomics

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt

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