Equitable Growth 2022: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted our biennial grantee conference, Equitable Growth 2022: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence, which brought together grantees and other stakeholders to showcase cutting-edge research on how economic inequality affects economic growth and s…
Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future
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A new day has dawned in government, and with it comes the possibility for long-overdue structural changes to the economy. The coronavirus pandemic continues to expose deep fragilities in our economy—including racial and gender inequities—that economic policymakers have a once-in-a-generation opportu…
Equitable Growth 2021: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence
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What was it? Equitable Growth 2021: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence brought together Washington Center for Equitable Growth grantees and stakeholders to showcase cutting-edge research from our grantees on how economic inequality affects economic growth and stability. Early and mid-ca…
Vision 2020 Webinar: Focusing on Economic Recovery and Structural Change
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The public health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic recession are unprecedented in speed and severity. Decades of failed economic policies, based on ideology instead of evidence, and a blind adherence to the idea that markets can solve every problem made our economy…
Vision 2020 Book Release Breakfast
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced its new book, Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy, at a breakfast event on February 18, 2020. Authored by leading scholars across the country, this compilation of 21 essays highlights a range of new ideas and the research behind them. We…
Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy
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What was it? Vision 2020 brought together leading voices from the policymaking, academic, and advocacy communities to highlight the most pressing economic issues facing Americans today. The daylong conference explored recent transformative shifts in economic thinking that demonstrate how inequality…
Connecting the Dots Between Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility
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This event is part of Equitable Growth’s initiative to better understand the relationship between poverty, economic inequality, and the American Dream. Equality of opportunity endures as a foundational principle for the United States, but what do historically high levels of inequality mean for oppor…
Equitable Growth Grantee Conference 2018
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth will host its second grantee conference on Thursday, September 27, in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature formal and informal conversations about the latest research investigating the various channels through which economic inequality may or may no…
Join Us for Our First Equitable Growth Grantee Conference (Invitation Only)
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The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted its inaugural grantee conference on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, in Washington, DC. The conference was an opportunity for grantees to meet Equitable Growth staff, members of our Steering Committee, the policy community, and, importantly, each other…