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Equitable Growth supports research and policy analysis on how tax and macroeconomic policies can promote stable and broad-based economic growth.

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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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The effect of government cash assistance on household credit access and use

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The impact of consumer credit access on employment, earnings, and entrepreneurship

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TOPICS: Credit & Debt
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Secular stagnation and inequality

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The evolution of wealth inequality and social mobility in the U.S.

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The rise of inequality, partisan politics, and changes to federal tax progressivity

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Balancing stability and growth in mid-century banking

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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U.S. top one percent of income earners hit new high in 2015 amid strong economic growth

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Seminar Series: Student loans and the labor market (Invitation Only)

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The continued rigidity of wages in the United States

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TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Making automatic stabilizers more effective for the next U.S. recession

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International capital flows and secular stagnation

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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Determining the natural rate of interest

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy

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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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