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Connect with us and our network of scholars, policymakers, and journalists at upcoming conferences or events. We host a variety of events, including conferences, workshops, webinars, and receptions.
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AI and the Energy Transition: Implications for U.S. Economic Growth and Inequality (opens in a new tab)
The AI boom and energy transition are jointly shaping the next phase of U.S. economic growth. Whether this moment delivers equitable economic growth and shared prosperity or exacerbates inequality and affordability pressures depends on how policy aligns AI-driven demand with clean energy deployment,…
U.S. Tariffs, Jobs, and Growth: What’s Ahead in 2026 (opens in a new tab)
An expansive and ever-changing tariff policy regime has shaped the U.S. economy for more than a year, increasing costs and causing uncertainty for businesses, consumers, and policymakers alike. The recent Supreme Court decision barring tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is…
Equitable Growth Presents: Reimagining the Federal Government (opens in a new tab)
We rely on the federal government for vital social insurance programs, invaluable data on the state of the U.S. economy, and to guarantee the rights and safety of workers and consumers, among many other critical functions. The current administration is radically transforming public services through…
The rise of populism and the future of economic policy (opens in a new tab)
Around the world, voters are increasingly dissatisfied with the state of capitalism. In the United States and other rich democracies, economic policy in recent decades has produced more economic inequality, rising costs of essential goods and services such as housing, health care, and child care, gr…
Evaluating the Economic Policy Stakes for 2025 (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a virtual event called “Evaluating the Economic Policy Stakes for 2025” on Monday, September 9, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. In the final months of the presidential campaign, a great deal of focus will be on how candidates describe their own pol…
The Promise of Equitable and Pro-Growth Tax Reform (opens in a new tab)
This in-person event featured Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other tax policy experts discussing how evidence-backed changes to the tax code can buck recent regressive trends and instead spur strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. The debate next year on what to do with certain expiring…
Research on Tap: Three Forces Shaping the 2024 Economy (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth on May 21 hosted its marquee event, “Research on Tap: Three Forces Shaping the 2024 Economy,” at the National Union Building in Washington, DC. Guests showed up for drinks, dialogue, and debate, as a panel of experts discussed how the forces of climate chan…
Equitable Growth Presents: Harnessing tech for worker power and inclusive prosperity (opens in a new tab)
Daron Acemoglu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented his views on how economic and political institutions shape technology’s role in work, as well as insights from his forthcoming book with co-author Simon Johnson, Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and P…
Getting on the GRID: Accessing and using statistics from the Global Repository of Income Dynamics (opens in a new tab)
This webinar delved into the data available at the Global Repository of Income Dynamics, a research project that assembles comparable cross-country statistics on income inequality and other income dynamics. Millions of estimates have already been released by the team, which is directed by Fatih Guve…
Paid leave and the pandemic: New evidence from Families First and lessons for federal policymakers (opens in a new tab)
In early 2021, Equitable Growth invested in new research exploring the role that Families First and other paid leave laws played in the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, this research looked at how new or existing paid leave laws impacted leave-taking behavior, economic and personal well-being, and s…
Rethinking U.S. corporate governance: Impacts on workers, racial inequality, and industrial policy (opens in a new tab)
Lenore Palladino, assistant professor of economics and public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, presented on the relationship between shareholder primacy and the U.S. labor market, as well as on the current landscape of research and debate on concentrated corporate power and financi…
Equitable Growth 2022: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence (opens in a new tab)
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…
LGBTQ+ Economic Data and Disparities: What We Still Need to Know (opens in a new tab)
This event featured Lee Badgett, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a leading scholar on how sexual orientation and gender identity shape economic outcomes. Badgett presented an overview of her recent work in LGBTQ+ economics and data collection, as well as the mos…
Supporting tribal sovereignty and resilience for American Indians in the 21st century (opens in a new tab)
The exercise of American Indian tribal sovereignty over the past 30 years resulted in more economic growth and improved well-being for American Indians than during any other point in the more than 500-year history since contact with European colonists and settlers. Increased self-governance over tri…
Equitable Growth Presents: Opportunities and challenges of real-time economic measurement (opens in a new tab)
The coronavirus recession led to a crop of economics working papers trying to understand the effects of the pandemic in real time. This research responded to a pressing policy need: Policymakers were prepared to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to staunch the losses of the pandemic, with relati…
Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future (opens in a new tab)
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…
Beyond place-based: Reducing regional inequality with place-conscious policies (opens in a new tab)
Over the past four decades, geographic inequality between regions of the United States has grown dramatically. A handful of metropolitan areas, largely along the coasts, have become some of the richest economic regions in world history, while elsewhere, large swaths of the country have been trapped…
Data Infrastructure for the 21st Century: A Focus on Racial Equity (opens in a new tab)
The large observed racial divides in income, wealth, employment, and other markers of economic well-being between households is a well-known characteristic of the U.S. economy. These divides have a tragic human cost, but they are also a drag on our economy. Pay discrimination, barriers to wealth acc…
Webinar: How to strengthen U.S. labor standards enforcement to protect workers’ rights (opens in a new tab)
The COVID-19 pandemic that led to record unemployment also devastated state and local government revenues across the country. With governments still facing extraordinary budget deficits, this fiscal crisis makes it even more difficult for state and local labor enforcement agencies to respond to labo…
Webinar: Transforming U.S. supply chains to create good jobs (opens in a new tab)
One reason U.S. workers’ wages are stagnating is that large firms shifted from doing many activities in-house to buying goods and services from a complex web of other companies. Sometimes this restructuring can lead to innovation if supplier firms specialize in producing complex technologies or proc…
Equitable Growth Presents: Dispelling Poverty Myths and Expanding Income Support (opens in a new tab)
A conversation with Mark Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley professor of social welfare at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice. Rank presented research on the widespread and systemic nature of poverty, which a majority of Americans will expe…
Research on Tap: Investing in an equitable future (opens in a new tab)
Research shows that the Great Recession prolonged long-term scarring for many workers and their families, in part because U.S. policymakers failed to see an economic recovery through to its conclusion. In the decade following the Great Recession, wages stagnated and working and middle-class families…
A future for all workers: Technology and worker power (opens in a new tab)
Technology has always been an integral part of the tools people use at their jobs and to create solidarity and exercise their voices at work. Change is inevitable, but the form it takes is not. At issue are how workplaces implement new technologies and the impact these technologies have on workers’…
Ideas to Boost Wages in the New Economy: Ten Essays on Raising Wages for U.S. Workers (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth held a launch event for our book of essays on how to boost U.S. wages in the new economy on January 14, 2021, from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST. The book, Boosting Wages for U.S. Workers in the New Economy, features 10 essays by leading scholars on policies to ra…
Equitable Growth 2021: People and Research Advancing Economic Evidence (opens in a new tab)
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…
Restoring Competition in the United States: A Vision of Antitrust Enforcement for the Next Decade (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth held a virtual conference on November 19 to discuss the release of Equitable Growth’s antitrust transition report. An emerging bipartisan consensus warns that antitrust enforcement has failed to protect the competitiveness of the U.S. economy, as underscore…
Vision 2020 Webinar: Focusing on Economic Recovery and Structural Change (opens in a new tab)
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…
Webinar: Fighting the coronavirus recession and the path forward (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a virtual lecture on Wednesday, May 13 led by Claudia Sahm, director of macroeconomic policy at Equitable Growth, who discussed promising research ideas that support a robust response to fight the coronavirus recession, as well as longer-term efforts…
Vision 2020 Book Release Breakfast (opens in a new tab)
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…
Equitable Growth’s reception at ASSA 2020 (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a reception during the ASSA Annual Meeting on Friday, January 3, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. The reception was a chance to connect with other scholars, Equitable Growth staff, and our academic advisors to learn more about our research, grantmaking, academic p…
Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy (opens in a new tab)
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…
Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do About It (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
On September 18, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted an installment of our Research on Tap conversation series—a space for drinks, dialogue, and debate—to celebrate the release of Equitable Growth President and CEO Heather Boushey’s book, Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy…
Racial and Gender Wage Gaps: Overcoming Structural Barriers to Shared Growth (opens in a new tab)
On July 9, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a conversation on wage gaps for women and people of color, and what we can do about it. Wage stagnation and falling economic mobility are endemic economic problems in the United States. Their effects fall most severely on communities of co…
Research on Tap—New frontiers in antitrust: Pathways to a competitive economy (opens in a new tab)
On May 29, Equitable Growth hosted Fiona Scott Morton and Jonathan B. Baker, academic experts on competition and former antitrust enforcers, for a conversation on what we know about rising market power in the U.S. economy and how we can fix it. The discussion focused on critical questions at the int…
Unequal Shocks and the Amplification of Recessions (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar by Christina Patterson, resident scholar at Equitable Growth and Ph.D. candidate in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Patterson presented new research on the amplification of recessions through the unequal incidence of…
Preparing for the Next Recession: Policies to Reduce the Impact on the U.S. Economy (opens in a new tab)
A Hamilton Project and Washington Center for Equitable Growth policy forum Identifying the most effective policy responses to mitigate the damaging effects of a recession can pose significant challenges for policymakers, who are often operating under intense time constraints and political pressure a…
Understanding support for new forms of labor representation (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar for Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University and Equitable Growth grantee. Hertel-Fernandez presented new research examining worker and management preferences for specific as…
Seminar Series: Racial Stratification and Stress-Related Morbidity Among Older Americans (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar with Kyle Moore, Ph.D. Student at the New School and Resident Scholar at Equitable Growth. Moore presented new research investigating whether higher rates of both hypertension and inflammation among Black Americans can be explained through…
Seminar Series: Labor market impacts of universal and permanent cash transfers—evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar on Wednesday, November 28 lead by Damon Jones, associate professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, who presented new research on the labor market impact of unconditional and universal cash transfers. This resear…
Equitable Growth Reception, ASSA 2019 (opens in a new tab)
Please join the Washington Center for Equitable Growth for our reception during the ASSA Annual Meeting on Friday, January 4, 2019, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for complimentary food and drinks during the 2019 ASSA Annual Meeting. The reception is a chance to connect with other scholars, Equitable…
Seminar Series: Are Immigrants Returning to Their Country of Origin Because They’re Earning Less? (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar on Wednesday, November 28 lead by Randall Akee, Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Rubenstein Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution. Akee presented new research suggesting that immigrant…
Building a New Consensus on Antitrust Reform (opens in a new tab)
Watch a livestream of the event below: Please join the Washington Center for Equitable Growth on Wednesday, November 14, at noon for a conversation on reforming federal antitrust law. Competition protects consumers, fosters innovation, increases wages, and spurs entrepreneurship. Antitrust laws are…
Connecting the Dots Between Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility (opens in a new tab)
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…
Research on Tap: Economic mobility—The impact of race and place (opens in a new tab)
On September 26, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth will host leading academics, policymakers, and advocates for a conversation about the relationship between today’s inequalities and tomorrow’s opportunities. The discussion aims to highlight how place-based disparities and structural barrie…
Equitable Growth Grantee Conference 2018 (opens in a new tab)
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…
Seminar Series: Do TRAP Laws Trap Women into Bad Jobs? (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a seminar lead by Economist Kate Bahn on Tuesday, July 31. Bahn presented new research on the impact of women’s access to reproductive health care on labor market opportunities in the United States. The presentation reviewed past evidence of the impa…
Seminar Series: Who Profits from Patents? Rent-Sharing at Innovative Firms (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Heidi Williams, Associate Professor of Economics at MIT, on Wednesday, June 20. Williams presented new research that investigates the link between firm performance and worker compensation induced by the decision to grant patents. The analysis uses a…
Research on Tap: Gender wage inequality (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth will host it’s next installment of its “Research on Tap” conversation series—a space for drinks, dialogue, and debate. The event will feature leading academics, policymakers, and advocates for a conversation about the causes and economic consequences of gen…
Seminar Series: Unions and Inequality Over the 20th Century—New Evidence from Survey Data (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Suresh Naidu, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics at Columbia University, on Wednesday, April 18. Naidu presented findings from an analysis of a new source of data on the effect of unions on economic inequality from…
The impact of scheduling practices: a case study of the Gap (opens in a new tab)
Are unstable schedules for retail employees necessary for stores to be profitable? Or can stable schedules for employees not only improve quality of life but also improve business outcomes? The authors of the Stable Scheduling Study presented the exciting results of their multi-year effort to look a…
Seminar Series: Inequality in Mortality—A Comparison of the U.S., Canada, and France (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth will host Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Director of Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing, as well as an Equitable Growth Steering Committee member, for a seminar on Thursday, Marc…
Seminar Series: Structural Presumption and Safe Harbor in Merger Review (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted John Kwoka, the Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics at Northeastern University, for a seminar on Thursday, February 22. Antitrust practices in the United States have undergone dramatic changes over the past 30 to 40 years. The semin…
Seminar Series: The Evolution of Charter School Quality (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Marcus Casey, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution, for a seminar On Wednesday, January 24. The seminar explored the impact of recent government meas…
Seminar Series: Rise of Monopoly Power in the United States—Macroeconomic Implications (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Jacob Robbins, Ph.D. candidate in economics at Brown University and Junior Fellow at Equitable Growth, for a seminar exploring a number of important macroeconomic trends in the United States over the past forty years. Among these trends: the rise of…
Research on Tap: Promoting equitable growth through tax reform (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted an installment of its new “Research on Tap” conversation series—a space for drinks, dialogue, and debate. The conversation focused on three questions at the intersection of tax policy, inequality, and growth: What is equitable growth? What can tax re…
Seminar Series: Fatal Overdoses – Deaths of Despair or Drug Problems? (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Christopher Ruhm, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia, for a seminar on the extent to which increases in county-level drug mortality rates from 1999 to 2015 are due to “deaths of despair,” characterized by a deterio…
Future of Work and What We Can Do About It: Conversation with Tim O’Reilly (opens in a new tab)
What’s the outlook for workers in an economy increasingly dominated by intelligent machines and the global elites who own them? The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a discussion with tech entrepreneur and author Tim O’Reilly on the ideas presented in his newly published book, WTF?: What…
Seminar Series: Platforms and Commerce (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Lina Khan, Director of Legal Policy for Citizens Against Monopoly and associate research scholar at Yale Law School, for a seminar on the anti-competitive challenges posed by dominant platforms. If you would like to read one of the papers presented,…
Seminar Series: Debt Sustainability in a Low Interest Rate World (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Neil Mehrotra, an assistant professor of economics at Brown University, for a seminar on the consequences of increased public debt. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it here. This event was the latest installment of our monthly academ…
Seminar Series: Recognition for Group Work (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Heather Sarsons, PhD candidate in economics at Harvard University and doctoral fellow in the Inequality and Social Policy program, for a seminar on whether co-authored and solo-authored publications matter differently for tenure for men and women. If…
Seminar Series: Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Sandra Black, professor of economics and Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, for a seminar on the transmission of wealth fr…
Seminar Series: Who Is Screened Out? Application Costs and the Targeting of Disability Programs (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Manasi Deshpande, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, for a seminar on how application costs affect selection into disability programs. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it here. This event was the latest in…
Seminar Series: Parenthood and the gender wage gap (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Marta Murray-Close, a Research Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, for a seminar on how much parenthood contributes to the gender wage gap. This event was the latest installment of our monthly academic seminar series, which aims to elevate important…
Seminar Series: Stratification Economics—A General Theory of Intergroup Inequality (Invitation only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted William Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University, for a seminar on the emerging field of stratification economics. This event was the latest installment of our m…
Seminar Series: Unequal Opportunity, Unequal Growth (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Roy Van der Weide, an economist on the Poverty and Inequality Research team within the Development Research Group of the World Bank, for a seminar on how inequality can be both good and bad for growth, depending on different measures and outcomes. If…
Seminar Series: Inequality in 3D—Income, Consumption, and Wealth (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted David Johnson, Deputy Director of PSID and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, for a seminar on measuring economic well-being and inequality in multiple dimensions using income, consumption, and wealth. If you would like to read…
Seminar Series: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusettes Amherst, for a seminar on economics rents, rent-seeking activities, and their influence on labor market outcomes. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it he…
Fighting the Next Recession (opens in a new tab)
The Great Recession officially ended in June 2009 and the current recovery is still ongoing, yet economists believe that the next recession is likely to occur before the start of the next decade. In the wake of the Great Recession and the slow uptick in wages and job growth, how can past monetary, f…
Making Antitrust Work for the 21st Century (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a conversation on exploring the impacts of antitrust enforcement and increasing market concentration on economic growth and inequality. Prominent academics and practitioners highlighted the changes in antitrust policy over the past 40 years and exami…
Join Us for Our First Equitable Growth Grantee Conference (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
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…
Seminar Series: Profit shifting on the corporate tax base in the United States (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Professor Kim Clausing of Reed College for a seminar on her research investigating the effects of profit shifting on the corporate tax base in the United States. If you would like to read the paper, you can find it here. The seminar took place on Sep…
Seminar Series: Student loans and the labor market (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Equitable Growth grantee Stephanie Chapman, who recently completed her Ph.D. in economics at Northwestern University, for a seminar on her paper, “Student loans and the labor market: Evidence from merit aid programs.” The seminar took place on July 1…
Seminar Series: Implications of economic inequality for women’s employment patterns (Invitation Only) (opens in a new tab)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted Equitable Growth grantee Professor Philip Cohen of the University of Maryland for a seminar on the implications of economic inequality for women’s employment patterns on Tuesday, June 21 from 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm. This event was an installment of our…
Branko Milanovic presents “Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization” (opens in a new tab)
Please join the Washington Center for Equitable Growth on Tuesday, March 29 at 9:30a.m. for a presentation by Branko Milanovic on the findings of his new book, “Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization.” “Global Inequality” is a comprehensive addition to the growing popular lit…
David Card and Alan Krueger on the 20th anniversary of ‘Myth and Measurement’ (Invite Only) (opens in a new tab)
On Wednesday, March 16, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and the Economic Policy Institute will host economists David Card and Alan Krueger for a 20th anniversary discussion of their seminal work, Myth and Measurement.
Gabriel Zucman presents “Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens” (opens in a new tab)
Hidden Wealth of Nations offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens. The author argues that only by first understanding the extent of wealth held in secret can policymakers begin to address the problem.
Building a Strong Foundation: Understanding Whether and How Economic Inequality Affects Economic Growth (opens in a new tab)
The conference brings together top experts to debate and discuss the latest research related to economic inequality and economic growth and the implications for the U.S. workforce and future U.S. economic competitiveness.
Join Us at Sixth and I: Launch of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
We invite you to join us from 9am-12pm on November 15, 2013, at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
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