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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Analyzing recent U.S. economic policies using Equitable Growth’s Inequality Tracker

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Distributional weighting in benefit-cost analysis is practical and effective at assessing government rulemaking without bias against low-income individuals

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Accounting for capital gains in income significantly increases U.S. inequality

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

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The Rise of Populism

More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

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Disaggregating growth

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Are low-interest rates contributing to low business investment?

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How high levels of inequality might change what innovation we see

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The shadow incarceration casts on employment and income gains

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When it comes to causality, no one technique should have all that power

Inequality & Mobility
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You filed your taxes. Congrats, you’re administrative data!

Inequality & Mobility
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Investing in social infrastructure as an anti-recession tool

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Intragenerational income mobility in the United States

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Political inequality and financial rulemaking: A collaborative empirical project for the production of data

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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Wealth, income, and consumption: a microeconomic approach to a macroeconomic question

Inequality & Mobility
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Abundance and the direction of technological growth

Inequality & Mobility
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Why the mismeasurement explanation for the U.S. productivity slowdown misses the mark

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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The pace of productivity growth and misallocation in the United States

Inequality & Mobility
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