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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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Do states’ tax policies cause U.S. employees to earn less and employers to earn more?

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The problem of too much stuff sloshing around the global economy

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Borrowing from 401(k) plans and the risks of default

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What is the right size and purpose of the U.S. financial system?

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The path to more U.S. exports?

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U.S. firms’ high debt loads amplified the Great Recession

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How to bypass U.S. estate taxes

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How to bypass U.S. estate taxes

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Determining the optimal U.S. tax rate for higher earners

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An update on U.S. household debt

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The risks of large capital inflows

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U.S. labor market slack and the path to full employment

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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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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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