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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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Political inequality and financial rulemaking: A collaborative empirical project for the production of data

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Fiscal inequality and local economic development policies

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The evolution of the federal reserve’s inflation target

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Measuring the effects of debt forgiveness

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Can reforms to public and private credit provisions bolster social insurance and promote more equitable growth?

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The impact of need-based financial aid reform on the decision to attend college

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The effects of a progressive tax system on innovation and growth

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The American taxpayer project

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Inequality and fiscal balance: Is U.S. capital income actually taxed and why?

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Declining labor shares and the relative price of investment: evidence from state investment tax credits

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What tools do central banks have left?

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How low-income tax credits might be improved

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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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