Topic GDP 2.0

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 research doesn’t overturn consensus on rising U.S. income inequality

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GDP 2.0: Measuring who prospers when the U.S. economy grows

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Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality

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New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States

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Coronavirus Recession

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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Disaggregating growth

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Distributional National Accounts and measuring 21st century growth

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Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countries

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Distributional national accounts: Methods and estimates for the United States

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Is the cost of childcare driving women out of the U.S. workforce?

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In Conversation

Equitable Growth in Conversation: an interview with the OECD’s Stefano Scarpetta

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Inequality of income, wealth, or consumption? How about all three?

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Looking beyond GDP when measuring welfare

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U.S. economic growth fundamentals for the 21st Century

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Preschool is about more than a third grade test score

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Ireland’s spectacular economic growth reveals a stark truth about corporate tax avoidance

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Technological change and the future demand for labor

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The potential costs of “short-termism” to U.S. economic growth

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