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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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Early evidence on federal government income supports for U.S. individuals, workers, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Rethinking U.S. corporate governance: Impacts on workers, racial inequality, and industrial policy

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of the 2021 enhanced Child Tax Credit

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How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 is promoting sustainable U.S. economic growth and mitigating climate change

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What are the distributional effects of monetary policy?

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Monetary Policy, Labor Income Redistribution and the Credit Channel: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee and Credit Registers

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In Conversation

In Conversation with Lenore Palladino

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Green jobs are good for U.S. workers and the U.S. economy

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Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?

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The Fed is aggressively but perhaps deliberately playing catch-up on inflation

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Policymakers can still use American Rescue Plan funds to bolster the U.S. child care system and ensure it has a strong future

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Consumers initially spend less than a third of their stimulus checks, on average, amid recessions

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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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