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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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Defining extreme wealth is more complicated than it looks

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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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Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of the 2021 enhanced Child Tax Credit

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How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 is promoting sustainable U.S. economic growth and mitigating climate change

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What are the distributional effects of monetary policy?

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Monetary Policy, Labor Income Redistribution and the Credit Channel: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee and Credit Registers

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In Conversation with Lenore Palladino

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Green jobs are good for U.S. workers and the U.S. economy

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Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?

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The Fed is aggressively but perhaps deliberately playing catch-up on inflation

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Policymakers can still use American Rescue Plan funds to bolster the U.S. child care system and ensure it has a strong future

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Consumers initially spend less than a third of their stimulus checks, on average, amid recessions

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Marginal Propensity to Consume in Recessions: a Meta-analysis

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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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