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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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The promise of equitable and pro-growth tax reform

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Allowing the 2017 estate tax changes to expire will reduce U.S. inequality and promote economic growth and opportunity

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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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A new proposal to reform the U.S. estate tax

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Taxing Capital

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Federal budget deficits, U.S. interest rates, and rates of return

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Does stronger wage growth mean it’s time to hike interest rates?

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The permanent income hypothesis, wealth inequality, and anti-recessionary stimulus

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Did the Great Recession reduce U.S. productivity growth?

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Ireland’s spectacular economic growth reveals a stark truth about corporate tax avoidance

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How other nations handle student debt and what the United States could learn from them

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The potential costs of “short-termism” to U.S. economic growth

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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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Secular stagnation and inequality

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Recession Ready

Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Experts on the issue

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Xavier Jaravel

London School of Economics

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Steering Committee

Karen Dynan

Harvard University

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Jacob Robbins

University of Illinois at Chicago

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Guest Author

Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Michael Barr

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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