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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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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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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Supporting American Indian tribal sovereignty boosts economic outcomes for those on reservation lands

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Equitable Growth Presents: Opportunities and challenges of real-time economic measurement

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Supporting tribal sovereignty and resilience for American Indians in the 21st century

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Measuring economic outcomes for all U.S. workers and their families will hold policymakers accountable to creating broad-based growth

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Equitable Recovery

Racial equity in U.S. data collection improves the accuracy of research, policy evaluation, and subsequent policymaking

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Equitable Recovery

Diversity in economics and data disaggregation can improve our understanding of the U.S. economy

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Understanding Climate Damages: Consumption versus Investment

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Measuring Inequality in Real Time

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Who Weathers the Storm? The Unequal Effects of Hurricanes in the United States

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Which Policies are Effective at Reducing Racial Differences in the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty?

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Expert Focus: Intersections between racial equity and disaggregation of data

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The imperative of focusing on racial equity in U.S. economic statistics

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