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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New distributional snapshot of U.S. personal income is a landmark federal statistical product
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Whose News? Class-Biased Economic Reporting in the United States
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Equitable Growth launches Vision 2020 book with discussion of research and policy ideas
February 24, 2020
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New measurement for a new economy
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
President and CEO Heather Boushey shares insights on inequality and growth via Medium
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To move beyond GDP, put alternatives front and center
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January 23, 2020
Nobel laureates, former Fed chair, two former CEA chairs–58 scholars endorse the Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019
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December 18, 2019
New measure of county-level GDP gives insight into local-level U.S. economic growth
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December 16, 2019
Equitable Growth joins 10 other organizations in endorsing the Measuring Real Income Growth Act
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To fight falling U.S. intergenerational mobility, tackle economic inequality
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