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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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Coronavirus Recession

Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee on the Coronavirus Recession

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Coronavirus Recession

Congress must act to help U.S. families facing an income crisis

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Coronavirus Recession

Broken plumbing: How systems for delivering economic relief in response to the coronavirus recession failed the U.S. economy

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A generational perspective on recent U.S. homeownership divergence by income and race

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Sleepwalking into depression: The economic response to COVID-19 in the United States

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Coronavirus Recession

New research on the Great Recession shows extended unemployment benefits insignificantly affect U.S. unemployment rates

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Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth (Part 2)

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Coronavirus Recession

Did the Paycheck Protection Program work for small businesses across the United States?

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Coronavirus Recession

Americans want green spending in federal coronavirus recession relief packages

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Vision 2020

Experts discuss transformative ideas for 2020 U.S. economic policy debate at Vision 2020 event

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Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession highlights the importance of automatic stabilizers

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The coronavirus recession is an opportunity to cancel all U.S. student loan debt

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Recession Ready

Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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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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Michael Ettlinger

University of New Hampshire

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Michael Barr

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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