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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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Short-term effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit on U.S. labor force participation amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit

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Disparities in Pollution Capitalization Rates: The Role of Direct and Systemic Discrimination

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The historical lessons from the U.S. General Property Tax

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Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States

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Equitable Growth delivers economist sign-on letter and comment letter to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on its Proposed Revisions to Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis

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What monetary and fiscal policy can tell us about the U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 recession

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Money for nothing: The Qualified Small Business Stock capital gains exclusion is a giveaway to wealthy investors, startup founders, and their employees

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New IRS report examines free tax filing option to reduce the cost and complexity for U.S. taxpayers

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Equitable Growth grantee Gabriel Zucman awarded the 2023 John Bates Clark Medal

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Seven ways the inflation debate in the United States has changed since last year and how the Fed can now recalibrate its monetary policy

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Xavier Jaravel

London School of Economics

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Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Jacob Robbins

University of Illinois at Chicago

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Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Michael Barr

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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