How an individual or family experiences economic gains and losses can differ dramatically depending on where one lives—one’s geographic place in the United States. Economic mobility, economic growth, business dynamism, job opportunities, and other measures of economic prosperity can vary dramatically across different regions and communities. Equitable Growth seeks to better understand the reasons for these variations and explores what can be done to ensure that all Americans feel the benefits of economic growth regardless of where they call home.
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A place-based economic development strategy to foster rural U.S. prosperity
September 11, 2025
September 11, 2025
Federal and state governments can help solve the employment problems of people in distressed places to spur equitable growth
May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?
November 8, 2022
November 8, 2022
The inequitable consequences of ‘heat islands’ within the metropolitan areas of the United States and what to do about it
August 3, 2022
August 3, 2022
Is moving to a new place key to upward mobility for U.S. workers and their families?
February 14, 2022
February 14, 2022
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U.S. Census Day 2020: The history and the challenges amid the coronavirus recession
April 1, 2020
April 1, 2020
In joint letter, Equitable Growth asks Congress to ‘stanch economic bleeding’ in COVID-19 legislative package
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
The only thing better than strengthening federal social supports now to prevent a coronavirus recession is strengthening them forever
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
The U.S. economy is in a tailspin—policymakers must do everything they can to protect workers and their families
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
The never-ending cycle: Incarceration, credit scores, and wealth accumulation in the United States
March 4, 2020
March 4, 2020
Improved public school teaching of racial oppression could enable U.S. society to grasp the roots and effects of racial and economic inequality
February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020
Aligning U.S. labor law with worker preferences for labor representation
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
International trade policy that works for U.S. workers
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Addressing the need for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education for all in the United States
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Fighting the next recession in the United States with law and regulation, not just fiscal and monetary policies
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
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