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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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What does and does not boost economic growth?

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Here’s how high levels of household debt affect economic growth

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The shifting sources of U.S. business income and its contribution to income inequality

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Why just expanding credit might not be enough for U.S. monetary policy

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Why is so much wealth hidden? Failed democracy.

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The pernicious effects of growing student debt on the economic security of young workers

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What would a rate hike by the Federal Reserve mean?

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Why U.S. tax credits and tax deductions for higher education don’t work

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Keep an eye on changes to U.S. corporate income tax proposals

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Finance and competition in the U.S. economy

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U.S. jobs growth remains too slow

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Measures of U.S. labor market conditions for the Fed to ponder

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Recession Ready

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Xavier Jaravel

London School of Economics

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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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