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Defining extreme wealth is more complicated than it looks (opens in a new tab)
Videos AUG 13, 2026
Facing high levels of income and wealth inequality and shrinking tax revenues, U.S. policymakers are showing increased interest in proposals to tax the richest households. Yet determining which households fall into that category is complex and changes based…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth event covers tariffs, tariff uncertainties, and the limits of U.S. trade policy (opens in a new tab)
Videos APR 1, 2026
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth recently hosted a webinar examining the economic, fiscal, and labor‑market effects of evolving U.S. tariff laws and regulations, particularly in the wake of the…
By: Christopher Bangert-Drowns (opens in a new tab)
Pro-growth tax reform in 2025 would boost the U.S. economy for years to come (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 15, 2025
In the aftermath of the presidential election in 2024, it’s clear that many Americans feel like the U.S. economy is not working for them. Even though policymakers on both sides…
By: Shayna Strom (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth hosts event featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren on pro-growth tax reform in 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 20, 2024
Several provisions of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts are set to expire next year, providing an opportunity to reimagine how federal taxes can both raise additional revenue for…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars (opens in a new tab)
RFPs NOV 30, 2023
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Experts discuss transformative ideas for 2020 U.S. economic policy debate at Vision 2020 event (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUL 2, 2020
Eliminate banks as the “middleman” for federal anti-recession aid. Cancel all student loan debt. Give workers a say in how their workplaces reopen and empower them to form unions. Provide…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth and The Hamilton Project bring together policymakers and academics to discuss how to fight the coronavirus recession (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 11, 2020
At a June 8 online event sponsored by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and The Brookings Institution’s The Hamilton Project, key policymakers and academics discussed how the coronavirus recession…
By: David S. Mitchell (opens in a new tab)
Vision 2020 conference probes inequality’s effects on the U.S. economy and policy changes to counteract them (opens in a new tab)
Videos NOV 26, 2019
A spirit of optimism about the ability of government to address fundamental issues underlying U.S. economic inequality and a determination to advance evidence-based policies for broad-based economic growth infused an…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
New board member Mehrsa Baradaran brings expertise on economic inequality and the racial wealth gap (opens in a new tab)
Videos OCT 31, 2019
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is pleased to announce that Mehrsa Baradaran, professor at University of California, Irvine School of Law, will join the Board of Directors. Baradaran is…
By: Heather Boushey (opens in a new tab), Somin Park (opens in a new tab)
The upside of expanding access to the Earned Income Tax Credit (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 15, 2015
Workers without children don’t currently have access to the full extent of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Given the success of the program, it makes sense to broaden access to…
By: Nick Bunker (opens in a new tab)
How tax expenditures distort our understanding of the U.S. tax code (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 26, 2015
So not only are tax expenditures inefficient and inequitable, but they are also opaque. They give a misleading picture of the actual amount of federal government spending, and they make…
By: Nick Bunker (opens in a new tab)
What’s behind the drop in oil prices? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 29, 2014
The past several months have seen a dramatic drop in oil prices across the globe. In July, a barrel of crude oil, specifically the West Texas Intermediate variety, sold for…
By: Nick Bunker (opens in a new tab)
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