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:
- 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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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

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Tax Refund Uncertainty: Evidence and Welfare Implications

By Sydnee Caldwell, Scott Nelson, Daniel Waldinger,

April 8, 2021

April 8, 2021

Sydnee Caldwell, Scott Nelson, Daniel Waldinger,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

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

Expert Focus

Expert Focus: The consequences of economic inequality among Latinx groups in the United States

By Christian Edlagan, Aixa Alemán-Díaz, Maria Monroe,

October 15, 2020

October 15, 2020

Christian Edlagan, Aixa Alemán-Díaz, Maria Monroe,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

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Can policymakers reverse the unequal decline in middle-age U.S. homeownership rates?

By Austin Clemens, John Sabelhaus,

October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020

Austin Clemens, John Sabelhaus,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus Recession

Main Street’s workers, families, and small businesses are now suffering as Wall Street prospers from policies to fight the coronavirus recession

By Amanda Fischer,

September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020

Amanda Fischer,

Competition Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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

Vision 2020

Revamping U.S. small business rescue programs amid the coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

August 27, 2020

August 27, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Race & Ethnicity, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

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A generational perspective on recent U.S. homeownership divergence by income and race

By John Sabelhaus, Austin Clemens,

July 27, 2020

July 27, 2020

John Sabelhaus, Austin Clemens,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession is an opportunity to cancel all U.S. student loan debt

By Darrick Hamilton, Naomi Zewde,

June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Darrick Hamilton, Naomi Zewde,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Fiscal Policy, Race & Ethnicity

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Policy options for building resilient U.S. medical supply networks

By David Adler, Dan Breznitz, Susan Helper,

May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020

David Adler, Dan Breznitz, Susan Helper,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Job Mobility, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Wage Stagnation

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

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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

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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

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