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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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Lobbying with Lawyers: Financial Market Evidence for Banks’ Influence on Rulemaking

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Heather Boushey: SiriusXM Radio interview about economic inequality and the new tax law

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Heather Boushey: “The tax bill should’ve been called The Inequality Exacerbation Act”

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The Tax Foundation’s treatment of the estate tax in its macroeconomic model

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Ten years after the beginning of the Great Recession, is it time to abandon the natural rate hypothesis?

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U.S. corporate tax cuts and wage growth

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Tax legislation is no place for paid family leave

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The blueprint for a perpetual wealth machine for the very richest U.S. families

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The Tax Foundation’s score of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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Republican tax plan slams workers and job creators in favor of the rich and inherited wealth

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Learning public policy from Amazon

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Seminar Series: Rise of Monopoly Power in the United States—Macroeconomic Implications (Invitation only)

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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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Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Stephanie Chapman Weishaar

Cornerstone Research

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Gordon Phillips

Dartmouth College

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Christian Moser

Columbia University

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