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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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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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Six years later, more evidence shows the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefits U.S. business owners and executives, not average workers

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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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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?

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Testimony by Michael Linden before the Joint Economic Committee

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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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Six years later, more evidence shows the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefits U.S. business owners and executives, not average workers

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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

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New evidence shows that limiting a tax break for highly leveraged firms doesn’t hurt the U.S. economy

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Sameera Fazili and Mary Beth Maxwell join Equitable Growth’s Board of Directors

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Employment scarring research suggests benefits for aggressive U.S. fiscal policy in response to recessions

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The Rise of Pass-Throughs: an Empirical Investigation

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The New Economics of Industrial Policy

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The role of private equity in the U.S. economy, and whether and how favorable tax policies for the sector need to be reformed

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Lily Batchelder

New York University

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Christian Wolf

Princeton University

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Christian Moser

Columbia University

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Erick Sager

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Mariana Zerpa

University of Leuven

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