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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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Gabriel Zucman presents “Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens”

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What might make monetary policy more effective in the future?

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The declining impact of U.S. income taxes on wealth inequality

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Auto loans and the stability of U.S. consumption growth

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The state of tax progressivity across the United States

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A U.S. financial transaction tax and the allocation of capital

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The upside of more equity for big financial institutions

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Beware of simple U.S. tax reform plans

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The Declining Labor Force Participation Rate: Causes, Consequences, and the Path Forward

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The vexing question of the U.S. housing bubble origins

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The merits of funding U.S. infrastructure investments with a corporate tax holiday

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Are estimates of the long-term U.S. unemployment rate too high?

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Recession Ready

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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