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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 debt-to-wealth ratio: A missing lens on the U.S. government’s fiscal capacity

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In Conversation with Costa Samaras

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Factsheet: Defining top U.S. income and wealth thresholds for tax policy

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What is the relationship between inflation, interest rates, and economic growth, and what does it mean for the new Federal Reserve chair?

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Equitable Growth event covers tariffs, tariff uncertainties, and the limits of U.S. trade policy

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Congressional Republicans’ budget bill is the most regressive in at least 40 years

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Distribution Analysis as Welfare Analysis

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In Conversation with Mehrsa Baradaran

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Coronavirus Recession

Moving from Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to a job losers’ stimulus program amid the coronavirus recession

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One year later: Recession Ready and the coronavirus recession

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Policy options for building resilient U.S. medical supply networks

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U.S. income inequality is worse and rising faster than policymakers probably realize

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Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

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

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Recession Ready

Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Mark Cooper

Consumer Federation of America

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Steering Committee

Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Stephanie Chapman Weishaar

Cornerstone Research

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Grantee

Gordon Phillips

Dartmouth College

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Christian Moser

Columbia University

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