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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.

Featured Research

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The promise of equitable and pro-growth tax reform

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Allowing the 2017 estate tax changes to expire will reduce U.S. inequality and promote economic growth and opportunity

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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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Place-based climate policy in the United States

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Monetary policy and firm heterogeneity in the United States

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Mark-ups, labor market inequality, and the distributional implications of monetary policy

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Monetary policy, credit, and labor income redistribution

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Optimal tax policy in imperfectly competitive U.S. labor markets

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Revamping U.S. small business rescue programs amid the coronavirus recession

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Taxing wealth and investment income in the United States

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Achieving universal paid family and medical leave in the United States

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Building worker power in the United States

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Improving automatic stabilizers to combat U.S. economic recessions

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Reforming Unemployment Insurance across the United States

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Restoring the federal estate tax is a proven way to raise revenue and address wealth inequality

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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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Guest Author

Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Michael Barr

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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