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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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Expert Focus: Understanding the economic impacts of climate change

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Understanding the macroeconomic consequences of rising income and wealth inequality in the United States

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Boosting Wages

Collective bargaining as a path to more equitable wage growth in the United States

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Boosting Wages

Targeting business tax incentives to realize U.S. wage growth

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A Price-Based Approach to Distributing Taxes on Business Income

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Public investments in education can spur equitable growth, pay for themselves, and create jobs for a stronger economic recovery

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Expert Focus: The consequences of economic inequality among Latinx groups in the United States

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Can policymakers reverse the unequal decline in middle-age U.S. homeownership rates?

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Why cost-benefit analysis of tax regulations has failed, and how to fix it

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Cost-benefit analysis of U.S. tax regulations has failed. What should come next?

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The hidden costs of stock-market-first U.S. economic policies

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Coronavirus Recession

Main Street’s workers, families, and small businesses are now suffering as Wall Street prospers from policies to fight the coronavirus recession

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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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