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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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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Disaggregating growth

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Equitable Growth CEO Talks All Things Economic Inequality in Recent Reddit “Ask Me Anything” series

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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee

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Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy

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Equitable Growth event highlights Boushey’s new book Unbound about how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts economic growth

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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee

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Newly released U.S. poverty statistics show that recent economic growth is not broadly shared

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The death of the Phillips Curve is the time to lift up new economic indicators

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The Federal Reserve’s new Distributional Financial Accounts provide telling data on growing U.S. wealth and income inequality

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In Conversation with Gabriel Zucman

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New data reveal how U.S. economic growth is divided

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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U.S. Congress asks Bureau of Economic Analysis to disaggregate GDP growth data

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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State of the Union speech highlights the need for more precise data on U.S. economic growth

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