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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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Equitable Growth event covers tariffs, tariff uncertainties, and the limits of U.S. trade policy

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Public investment is crucial to strengthening U.S. economic growth and tackling inequality

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Economic inequality matters for Federal Reserve monetary policymaking

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Low interest rates can dampen competition and hurt productivity growth

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Taxing wealth by taxing investment income: An introduction to mark-to-market taxation

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Does inflation inequality matter for monetary policy?

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The missing intercept: A sufficient statistics approach to general equilibrium effects

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How does capital investment affect workers? Evidence from bonus depreciation and matched employer-employee data

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Market design responses to inequality

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Perceived fiscal space and the case for automatic stabilizers

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Neither history nor research supports supply-side economics

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Research and resources on the 2020 presidential debate issues and themes

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Why it’s important to pay attention to distributional consequences of economic policies

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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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