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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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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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Coronavirus Recession

Green stimulus, not dirty bailouts, is the smart investment strategy during the coronavirus recession

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Coronavirus Recession

For an equitable recovery, federal relief to deal with the coronavirus recession must be transparent to the U.S. public

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Global medical trade in the time of the coronavirus pandemic

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Redistribution with Performance Pay

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Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession is severe, and the damage to the U.S. economy will last years

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Coronavirus Recession

Good U.S. fiscal policy could have made us stronger before the coronavirus recession and can make us stronger afterward

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Coronavirus Recession

Where should the marginal dollar go in U.S. fiscal policy—to testing or to the safety net—amid a pandemic-induced economic downturn?

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Early lessons learned from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s first round of lending from its Paycheck Protection Program

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Coronavirus Recession

Three important questions to answer about global financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession

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Coronavirus Recession

Dealing with the U.S. economic and public health effects of the coronavirus recession compassionately and with an eye on a strong recovery

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Webinar: Fighting the coronavirus recession and the path forward

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The coronavirus recession and economic inequality: A roadmap to recovery and long-term structural change

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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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