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
January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024
GDP 2.0: Measuring who prospers when the U.S. economy grows
July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023
Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
Explore Content in GDP 2.0206
To move beyond GDP, put alternatives front and center
January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020
Nobel laureates, former Fed chair, two former CEA chairs–58 scholars endorse the Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019
December 18, 2019
December 18, 2019
New measure of county-level GDP gives insight into local-level U.S. economic growth
December 16, 2019
December 16, 2019
Equitable Growth joins 10 other organizations in endorsing the Measuring Real Income Growth Act
December 11, 2019
December 11, 2019
To fight falling U.S. intergenerational mobility, tackle economic inequality
December 5, 2019
December 5, 2019
Equitable Growth CEO Talks All Things Economic Inequality in Recent Reddit “Ask Me Anything” series
October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019
Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee
October 16, 2019
October 16, 2019
Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy
November 1, 2019 9:00AM - 4:30PM
Equitable Growth event highlights Boushey’s new book Unbound about how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts economic growth
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
Newly released U.S. poverty statistics show that recent economic growth is not broadly shared
September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019
The death of the Phillips Curve is the time to lift up new economic indicators
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
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