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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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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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What are the distributional effects of monetary policy?

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Low-Income Borrowers and Payday Lenders: A Qualitative Study

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Inequality and Targeting of Disaggregated Policy

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The Price Effects of Market Power

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Why the Inflation Reduction Act is key to strong, broad-based U.S. economic growth

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How to stop a recession by strengthening income supports in the United States

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Policymakers tackling inflation can’t overlook the impact of higher interest rates on the U.S. child care market

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Factsheet: Is the U.S. economy in a recession, and how does recession dating work?

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The economic evidence behind the Inflation Reduction Act and why it will boost strong, broad-based economic growth

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The inequitable consequences of ‘heat islands’ within the metropolitan areas of the United States and what to do about it

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NBER Summer Institute 2022 Round-up: Week 3

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Taxing the rich: The effect of tax reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on tax flight among U.S. millionaires

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Recession Ready

Edited by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

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Laura Tyson

University of California, Berkeley

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John Schmitt

Economic Policy Institute

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Vanessa Williamson

Brookings Institution

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Jon Steinsson

University of California, Berkeley

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Andres Drenik

University of Texas, Austin

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