Equitable Growth

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth delivers letter on proposed IRS rule to expand data sharing with the U.S. Department of Commerce

By Equitable Growth,

May 15, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

report

Hospital consolidation matters

By Equitable Growth,

April 4, 2024

Equitable Growth,

Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Concentration

report

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

By Equitable Growth,

March 18, 2024

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

post

Equitable Growth hosts State of the Union press briefing with leading U.S. economists

By Equitable Growth,

March 7, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Race & Ethnicity

post

Equitable Growth’s recent ‘Econ 101’ assessed the state of the U.S. economy and recovery for Capitol Hill staff

By Equitable Growth,

February 13, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility

post

Statement on the passing of Nobel laureate Robert Solow

By Equitable Growth,

January 11, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2024 Round-up: Day 3

By Equitable Growth,

January 8, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2024 Round-up: Day 2

By Equitable Growth,

January 7, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2024 Round-up: Day 1

By Equitable Growth,

January 6, 2024

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth announces new Steering Committee members to guide grantmaking and shape research priorities

By Equitable Growth,

December 7, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

report

Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

By Equitable Growth,

November 30, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

November 15, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

post

What recent research says about the benefits of labor strikes and growing worker power for broader U.S. economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

October 25, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Race & Ethnicity

post

Equitable Growth announces new round of grantmaking exploring the connection between policy and economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

August 31, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth delivers economist sign-on letter and comment letter to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on its Proposed Revisions to Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis

By Equitable Growth,

June 20, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Climate, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, GDP 2.0, Race & Ethnicity

post

Equitable Growth grantee Gabriel Zucman awarded the 2023 John Bates Clark Medal

By Equitable Growth,

May 9, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Business Taxation, Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to the Federal Trade Commission’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Non-Compete Clauses

By Equitable Growth,

April 20, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Concentration, Wage Stagnation

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to strengthen unions and increase worker power in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

April 3, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility

post

Summary of Equitable Growth’s March ‘Econ 101’ briefing on inflation for Capitol Hill staffers

By Equitable Growth,

March 23, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality

By Equitable Growth,

March 22, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: GDP 2.0

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to reduce inequality and improve job quality for U.S. workers

By Equitable Growth,

March 16, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Pay Equity, Schedule Stability

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to strengthen U.S. income support programs and support research about them

By Equitable Growth,

February 22, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance

post

Climate policy has potential to spur economic growth and ensure a competitive U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

February 9, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to leverage federal agencies to improve child care in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

February 8, 2023

Equitable Growth,

Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education

post

A future-oriented approach to wealth offers new possibilities for wealth creation in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

January 19, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth announces Shayna Strom as new president and CEO

By Equitable Growth,

January 10, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2023 Round-up: Day 3

By Equitable Growth,

January 9, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2023 Round-up: Day 2

By Equitable Growth,

January 8, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

ASSA 2023 Round-up: Day 1

By Equitable Growth,

January 7, 2023

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

The importance of understanding how job quality affects U.S. workers and the entire economy, and how to boost access to good jobs

By Equitable Growth,

December 22, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Labor Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility

post

A missed opportunity to expand the Child Tax Credit will affect U.S. families and the broader economy now and for years to come

By Equitable Growth,

December 21, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

How the new Global Repository of Income Dynamics database sheds light on income inequality and economic mobility

By Equitable Growth,

December 15, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Race & Ethnicity

post

Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to U.S. Department of Labor’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on classifying employees and independent contractors

By Equitable Growth,

December 13, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

post

Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to the National Labor Relations Board’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint-Employer Standard

By Equitable Growth,

December 7, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

post

Equitable Growth works to expand its network of scholars researching inequality and growth at two fall academic conferences

By Equitable Growth,

December 6, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Frequently asked questions about paid sick time for U.S. workers and their families and the broader U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

November 30, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Paid Leave

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

November 29, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Families Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Individual Taxation

post

Equitable Growth delivers comment letter responding to FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposing Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

By Equitable Growth,

November 21, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation

post

Advancing research and evidence on child care and U.S. economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

November 10, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

November 8, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Climate, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place

post

Equitable Growth announces two Dissertation Scholars for 2022–23 academic year

By Equitable Growth,

October 6, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing

post

Equitable Growth provides comments to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on its new distributing personal income report

By Equitable Growth,

October 5, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

September 12, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Families Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

Equitable Growth names Shayna Strom as interim president and CEO

By Equitable Growth,

September 8, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

post

Equitable Growth’s 2022 grantees will study the drivers and effects of U.S. economic inequality

By Equitable Growth,

August 30, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

American Sociological Association 2022 conference highlights inequities among vulnerable U.S. populations

By Equitable Growth,

August 12, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Race & Ethnicity

post

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

By Equitable Growth,

August 10, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy

post

NBER Summer Institute 2022 Round-up: Week 3

By Equitable Growth,

August 1, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Fiscal Policy, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

post

NBER Summer Institute 2022 Round-up: Week 2

By Equitable Growth,

July 26, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Job Mobility, Monetary Policy, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

Equitable Growth welcomes R. Jisung Park as a visiting scholar to examine economic impacts of climate change

By Equitable Growth,

July 25, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Race & Ethnicity

post

NBER Summer Institute 2022 Round-up: Week 1

By Equitable Growth,

July 18, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Fiscal Policy, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

post

LERA 2022 participants focus on boosting worker power and uplifting marginalized voices in the U.S. workplace

By Equitable Growth,

June 9, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth to welcome visiting scholars as part of two American Economic Association summer programs

By Equitable Growth,

May 16, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Gender, Race & Ethnicity

post

Factsheet: Six frequently asked questions about schedule quality and Fair Workweek laws across the United States

By Equitable Growth,

April 15, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Schedule Stability

post

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference spotlights the value of diversity in U.S. policy analysis and research

By Equitable Growth,

March 31, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Paid Leave

post

The 2022 Midwest Economic Association annual meeting features key sessions on labor market monopsony

By Equitable Growth,

March 30, 2022

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Monopsony

post

Revisiting timely research that explores U.S. intersectional wage gaps amid Women’s History Month

By Equitable Growth,

March 8, 2022

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Pay Equity

post

ASSA 2022 Round-up: Day 3

By Equitable Growth,

January 10, 2022

Equitable Growth,

post

ASSA 2022 Round-up: Day 2

By Equitable Growth,

January 9, 2022

Equitable Growth,

post

ASSA 2022 Round-up: Day 1

By Equitable Growth,

January 8, 2022

Equitable Growth,

post

Recent Equitable Growth-funded research sheds light on the links between paid family and medical leave research and U.S. economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

December 23, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Paid Leave

post

Equitable Growth’s academic research and policy priorities shine through at Southern Economic Conference 2021

By Equitable Growth,

December 9, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor Inequality & Mobility Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Health, Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Post-secondary Education, Race & Ethnicity

post

Equitable Growth joins NewDEAL Leaders to discuss child care in the post-pandemic U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

December 7, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing

post

New research shows the importance of worker power for addressing U.S. wage inequality

By Equitable Growth,

November 9, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Wage Stagnation

post

Equitable Growth launches A Visual Economy: Our newest tool to showcase thousands of visuals on economic inequality and growth

By Equitable Growth,

October 27, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

Equitable Recovery

Dispatch from EconCon 2021: Addressing racial and gender stratification in the U.S. economy is key to an equitable and sustainable recovery

By Equitable Growth,

October 21, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, GDP 2.0, Gender, Race & Ethnicity

post

Supporting American Indian tribal sovereignty boosts economic outcomes for those on reservation lands

By Equitable Growth,

October 21, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, GDP 2.0, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

post

Equitable Growth welcomes two new Dissertation Scholars for 2021–22 academic year

By Equitable Growth,

September 22, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Health

post

The value of racial and gender diversity at the Federal Reserve

By Equitable Growth,

September 16, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Monetary Policy, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

post

Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of income support programs

By Equitable Growth,

September 16, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing

post

Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of early care and education

By Equitable Growth,

September 15, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing, Gender

post

Equitable Growth announces record $1.39 million in research grants for scholars examining economic inequality and growth

By Equitable Growth,

August 30, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Minimum Wage, Paid Leave

post

NBER Summer Institute 2021 Round-up: Week 3

By Equitable Growth,

August 2, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Gender, Health, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance

post

What recent data-driven research can tell policymakers about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

By Equitable Growth,

August 2, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Gender, Pay Equity, Race & Ethnicity

post

NBER Summer Institute 2021 Round-up: Week 2

By Equitable Growth,

July 26, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Competition Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Bargaining Power, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Individual Taxation, Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance

post

NBER Summer Institute 2021 Round-up: Week 1

By Equitable Growth,

July 19, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Fiscal Policy, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

post

Climate change among many issues discussed at annual Western Economic Association International conference

By Equitable Growth,

July 15, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Health, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

How federal place-conscious policies can work to reduce regional inequality in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

June 23, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation

post

Weekend reading: Race and police use of force in the United States edition

By Equitable Growth,

June 17, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Father’s Day highlights why paid paternity leave should be part of all U.S. parental leave policies

By Equitable Growth,

June 17, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health

Equitable Recovery

The future of work and worker power post-COVID a key topic at the 2021 Labor and Employment Relations Association annual conference

By Equitable Growth,

June 14, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Labor Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Schedule Stability, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

post

Weekend reading: The impact of COVID-19 relief packages on the U.S. economy and workforce edition

By Equitable Growth,

June 11, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Studying the experiences of AANHPI communities in the United States edition

By Equitable Growth,

May 28, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: The U.S. anti-austerity tradition edition

By Equitable Growth,

May 21, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Tax evasion in the United States edition

By Equitable Growth,

May 14, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Jobs and unemployment more than a year into the coronavirus recession edition

By Equitable Growth,

May 7, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: We’ve got the evidence for those big plans edition

By Equitable Growth,

April 30, 2021

Equitable Growth,

report

Equitable Growth’s second annual academic research report

By Equitable Growth,

April 29, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

Equitable Recovery

Overheating is not a concern for the U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

April 26, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Fiscal Policy

post

Weekend reading: Inequities in U.S. taxation and homeownership edition

By Equitable Growth,

April 23, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Equitable Recovery

Factsheet: What does the research say about the economics of paid leave?

By Equitable Growth,

April 22, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Health, Paid Leave

Equitable Recovery

Factsheet: What does the research say about care infrastructure?

By Equitable Growth,

April 15, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave, Pay Equity

Equitable Recovery

Investing in an equitable future

By Equitable Growth,

April 14, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Fiscal Policy

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to improve U.S. economic measurements

By Equitable Growth,

March 3, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0, Race & Ethnicity

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to combat wage theft against U.S. workers

By Equitable Growth,

February 24, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Minimum Wage, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to reform the cost-benefit analysis of U.S. tax regulations

By Equitable Growth,

February 24, 2021

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Business Taxation, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to coordinate antitrust and competition policies across the federal government

By Equitable Growth,

February 19, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration

Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to coordinate federal countercyclical regulatory policy

By Equitable Growth,

February 17, 2021

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 3

By Equitable Growth,

January 5, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 2

By Equitable Growth,

January 4, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 1

By Equitable Growth,

January 3, 2021

Equitable Growth,

post

Lisa Cook, Hilary Hoynes, and Atif Mian join Equitable Growth Steering Committee

By Equitable Growth,

October 28, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth’s Amanda Fischer joins others in comment letter to antitrust regulator on harmful U.S. banking consolidation

By Equitable Growth,

October 27, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality

Coronavirus Recession

Factsheet: New study shows that emergency paid sick leave reduced COVID-19 infections in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

October 26, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave

Vision 2020

Revamping U.S. small business rescue programs amid the coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

August 27, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Job Mobility, Monopsony, Race & Ethnicity, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

Vision 2020

Combating the market power of U.S. corporations over workers and consumers

By Equitable Growth,

August 26, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Concentration, Economic Inequality, Monopsony

Vision 2020

Taxing wealth and investment income in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 25, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Business Taxation, Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Individual Taxation, Taxes, Inequality & Growth

Vision 2020

Achieving universal paid family and medical leave in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Paid Leave, Pay Equity, Schedule Stability, Wage Stagnation

Vision 2020

Building worker power in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 20, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Wage Stagnation

Vision 2020

Improving automatic stabilizers to combat U.S. economic recessions

By Equitable Growth,

August 19, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Fiscal Policy

Vision 2020

Addressing the U.S. racial economic mobility and inequality divides

By Equitable Growth,

August 18, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity

Vision 2020

Reforming Unemployment Insurance across the United States

By Equitable Growth,

August 17, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor Inequality & Mobility Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

post

Weekend reading: The Unemployment Insurance benefits are not the work disincentive some claim they are edition

By Equitable Growth,

July 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

Factsheet: Unemployment Insurance and why the effect of work disincentives is greatly overstated amid the coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

July 21, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Pay Equity, Unemployment Insurance

Vision 2020

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

By Equitable Growth,

July 2, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Paid Leave, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance

post

Elevating economic research on racist violence and exclusion in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

June 5, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus Recession

One year later: Recession Ready and the coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

June 1, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Inequality & Mobility Families Tax & Macroeconomics Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Poverty, Unemployment Insurance

Coronavirus Recession

Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

By Equitable Growth,

May 26, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, Gender, Income & Earnings Volatility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

post

Factsheet: How strong unions can restore workers’ bargaining power

By Equitable Growth,

May 1, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monopsony, Pay Equity

Coronavirus Recession

The latest research on the public health and economic costs and benefits of containing the coronavirus pandemic

By Equitable Growth,

April 6, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Monetary Policy

Coronavirus Recession

Paid caregiving leave: A missing piece in the U.S. social insurance system

By Equitable Growth,

March 25, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave

Coronavirus Recession

What does the research say about paid family and medical leave policy design options in the United States?

By Equitable Growth,

March 25, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave

Coronavirus Recession

What is paid medical leave and how does it support U.S. workers’ health and the U.S. economy?

By Equitable Growth,

March 25, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health, Paid Leave

Coronavirus Recession

Economic experts propose policy responses to coronavirus recession

By Equitable Growth,

March 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Labor Tax & Macroeconomics Families

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing, Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance, Wage Stagnation

Coronavirus Recession

In joint letter, Equitable Growth asks Congress to ‘stanch economic bleeding’ in COVID-19 legislative package

By Equitable Growth,

March 19, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Tax & Macroeconomics Families Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Credit & Debt, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Monetary Policy, Paid Leave, Unemployment Insurance

post

Weekend reading: Working to close racial gaps in economics, the workforce, and education edition

By Equitable Growth,

February 28, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Vision 2020 release edition

By Equitable Growth,

February 21, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Vision 2020

Equitable Growth introduces book of innovative policy ideas for 2020

By Equitable Growth,

February 18, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Inequality & Mobility Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Antitrust Enforcement, Economic Inequality, Wage Stagnation

post

Weekend reading: Addressing racial gaps across the economy edition

By Equitable Growth,

February 14, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: State of the Union’s inequality edition

By Equitable Growth,

February 7, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

The State of the Union speech should not ignore inequality that obstructs, subverts, and distorts the U.S. economy

By Equitable Growth,

February 4, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Weekend reading: Studying the Fed edition

By Equitable Growth,

January 31, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Closing racial economics gaps and reducing inequality edition

By Equitable Growth,

January 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

President and CEO Heather Boushey shares insights on inequality and growth via Medium

By Equitable Growth,

January 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, GDP 2.0

post

What does the research say about the FAMILY Act provisions?

By Equitable Growth,

January 24, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Families Labor

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Paid Leave

post

Persistent economic gaps frustrate the dream of racial economic equality in the United States

By Equitable Growth,

January 20, 2020

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Race & Ethnicity

post

Weekend reading: Wages and work edition

By Equitable Growth,

January 17, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Happy New Year edition

By Equitable Growth,

January 10, 2020

Equitable Growth,

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 3

By Equitable Growth,

January 5, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 2

By Equitable Growth,

January 4, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

post

ASSA Round-up: Day 1

By Equitable Growth,

January 3, 2020

Equitable Growth,

Competition Families Inequality & Mobility Labor Tax & Macroeconomics

report

Inequality and economic growth

By Equitable Growth,

December 30, 2019

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

post

Equitable Growth’s Michael Kades co-authors AARP amicus brief in Impax Laboratories, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission court case

By Equitable Growth,

December 26, 2019

Equitable Growth,

Competition

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct

post

Weekend reading: New measures of GDP edition

By Equitable Growth,

December 20, 2019

Equitable Growth,

post

Nobel laureates, former Fed chair, two former CEA chairs–58 scholars endorse the Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2019

By Equitable Growth,

December 18, 2019

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: GDP 2.0

post

Weekend reading: “Inequality runs deep” edition

By Equitable Growth,

December 13, 2019

Equitable Growth,

post

Equitable Growth joins 10 other organizations in endorsing the Measuring Real Income Growth Act

By Equitable Growth,

December 11, 2019

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality, GDP 2.0

post

Weekend reading: “Jobs Day” edition

By Equitable Growth,

December 6, 2019

Equitable Growth,

Vision 2020

Equitable Growth’s Vision 2020 book of essays on economic inequality and growth will inform 2020 policy debate

By Equitable Growth,

December 3, 2019

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Economic Inequality

Vision 2020

Vision 2020 conference probes inequality’s effects on the U.S. economy and policy changes to counteract them

By Equitable Growth,

November 26, 2019

Equitable Growth,

TOPICS:

TOPICS: Taxes, Inequality & Growth

post

Weekend reading: ‘OK, boomer’ edition

By Equitable Growth,

November 22, 2019

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: The United States of Inequality edition

By Equitable Growth,

November 15, 2019

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Equitable Growth’s 2020 Request for Proposals edition

By Equitable Growth,

November 8, 2019

Equitable Growth,

post

Weekend reading: Vision 2020 edition

By Equitable Growth,

November 1, 2019

Equitable Growth,

Vision 2020

Equitable Growth hosts Vision 2020 Conference in Washington, highlighting connection between economic inequality and growth

By Equitable Growth,

October 30, 2019

Equitable Growth,