Some of our most prominent economic statistics measure change in the total output of the U.S. economy. But this single number approach to economic progress rings hollow with many workers, who wonder why they aren’t seeing prosperity in their own lives. The goal of our GDP 2.0 project is to break down these monolithic numbers and understand how the economy is performing for Americans of different income levels, different regions of the country, and more.
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Executive actions to improve U.S. economic measurements
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The rising number of U.S. households with burdensome student debt calls for a federal response
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Policy prescriptions for the flawed and unequal retirement savings systems that perpetuate U.S. economic inequality
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Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity
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Disaggregated data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is crucial amid the coronavirus pandemic
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