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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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A few graphs for Tax Day 2017

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Tax cuts for whom? Heterogeneous effects of income tax changes on growth and employment

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How corporate profit-shifting distorts the measurement of U.S. productivity

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Time for an inflation rethink?

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Remembering who pays Uncle Sam this year’s Tax Day

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The once and future measurement of economic inequality in the United States

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Look to the 49th state for basic-income guidance

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What kind of fiscal policy works best at the zero lower bound?

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Is an even larger pass-through business tax loophole destined to become part of the U.S. tax code?

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How life experiences affect the views of U.S. monetary policymakers

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Changing sources of inflationary pressures in the United States

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Fiscal policy stabilization: Purchases or transfers?

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Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato

Duke University

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Max Risch

Carnegie Mellon University

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Nathan Jensen

University of Texas at Austin

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Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Heather Boushey

Washington Center for Equitable Growth

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