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A strong economy is one that operates at its potential and delivers a high standard of living to the entire population. Monetary, fiscal, and tax policy all play important roles in determining the level and distribution of income, wealth, and other, broader measures of economic wellbeing. Equitable Growth promotes research to improve our understanding of how these policy tools can ensure the economy works for everyone, and reduce the impact of economic downturns.

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Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses

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Closing the billionaire borrowing loophole would strengthen the progressivity of the U.S. tax code

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Doubling down on cuts to the IRS is bad for the federal budget and for tax fairness in the United States

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Why measuring inflation is surprisingly challenging

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What are the distributional effects of monetary policy?

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In Conversation with R. Jisung Park

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Understanding the economic effects of federal tax changes

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Great Recession’s ‘lost generation’ shows importance of policies to ease next downturn

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Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers

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Vision 2020

Vision 2020 conference probes inequality’s effects on the U.S. economy and policy changes to counteract them

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Heterogeneity and Persistence in Returns to Wealth

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In Conversation with Fabian Pfeffer

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New board member Mehrsa Baradaran brings expertise on economic inequality and the racial wealth gap

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Equitable Growth hosts Vision 2020 Conference in Washington, highlighting connection between economic inequality and growth

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Public Policy Implications of the Millennial Wealth Gap

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Why a wealth tax in the United States might increase efficiency

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Use It or Lose It: Efficiency Gains from Wealth Taxation

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Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Experts on the issue

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Xavier Jaravel

London School of Economics

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Steering Committee

Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Jacob Robbins

University of Illinois at Chicago

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Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Michael Barr

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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