Topic Fiscal Policy

Congress plays an important role in combatting recessions and supporting economic growth. The money it sends to families, workers, businesses, and communities softens the toll of recessions. Well-designed fiscal policies boost income and employment for all Americans. Equitable Growth works to improve our understanding of different fiscal policies, including how they can reduce the pain of economic downturns, reduce inequality, and support growth.

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Factsheet: Is the U.S. economy in a recession, and how does recession dating work?

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How to stop a recession by strengthening income supports in the United States

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Why the Inflation Reduction Act is key to strong, broad-based U.S. economic growth

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Why the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is good economics

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Fiscal austerity intensifies the increase in inequality after pandemics

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Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession highlights the importance of automatic stabilizers

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Child care costs are going to rise, but policymakers can help U.S. families manage these increases

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Testimony by Michelle Holder before the Joint Economic Committee on robust government investments

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Modeling future economic damages from climate change is an important and underdeveloped area of research

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Understanding Climate Damages: Consumption versus Investment

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Equitable Recovery

The American Rescue Plan helped U.S. families amid the coronavirus pandemic and provides a roadmap for policymakers today

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Fostering academic research on U.S. economic impact payments that goes beyond the marginal propensity to consume

FamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
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Austerity policies in the United States caused ‘stagflation’ in the 1970s and would do so again today

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Addressing the ‘double gap’ faced by Black women in the U.S. economy

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U.S. disability programs provide valuable benefits to low-income recipients across a range of health conditions

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A cost-benefit analysis of The American Families Plan’s proposed investment in a nationwide public preschool program

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The coming public debt scare should not spook U.S. policymakers from investing in physical and social infrastructure

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Completing the unfinished New Deal to overcome 21st century U.S. economic inequality

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