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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)
The United States can simultaneously foster an equitable AI boom and a clean energy economy (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 12, 2026
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth recently hosted a timely discussion exploring how the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is colliding with—and reshaping—the clean energy transition. Bringing together researchers and…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
In Conversation with Costa Samaras (opens in a new tab)
In Conversation JUN 2, 2026
Equitable Growth in Conversation is a recurring series where we talk with economists and other academics to help us better understand whether and how economic inequality affects economic growth and…
By: Shayna Strom (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)
Equitable Growth event highlights the path forward to rebuild the U.S. administrative state (opens in a new tab)
Videos DEC 17, 2025
Microsoft Copilot helped draft this column. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth recently convened scholars, practitioners, and advocates for an Equitable Growth Presents event, titled “Reimagining the Federal Government: Building…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth event brings together scholars and the policy community to discuss the rise of right-wing populism and the future of economic policy (opens in a new tab)
Videos MAY 29, 2025
This article was drafted with assistance from Perplexity AI. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth in mid-May hosted an event on “The rise of populism and the future of economic…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Designing economic policy that strengthens U.S. democracy and incorporates people’s lived experiences (opens in a new tab)
Videos APR 30, 2025
Around the globe, people are increasingly dissatisfied with the state of democratic capitalism. In the United States and other rich democracies, economic policy has too often in recent decades produced…
By: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (opens in a new tab), Shayna Strom (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)
In Conversation with Natalie Foster (opens in a new tab)
In Conversation JUL 2, 2024
Equitable Growth in Conversation is a recurring series where we talk with economists and other academics to help us better understand whether and how economic inequality affects economic growth and…
By: Michael Linden (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)
Equitable Growth’s new Nonresident Scholars have a long history of rigorous economic research (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 11, 2024
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today launched our new Nonresident Scholars program. This is our latest way of connecting academics to policymakers to ensure public policy debates are grounded…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Research on Tap event highlights the impact of AI, climate change, and racial inequality on the U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Videos MAY 23, 2024
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.…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth announces new Steering Committee members to guide grantmaking and shape research priorities (opens in a new tab)
Videos DEC 7, 2023
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced five new members of its Steering Committee. Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trevon Logan of The Ohio State University,…
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)
How government reliance on fines and fees harms communities across the United States (opens in a new tab)
Videos APR 25, 2023
This column is the fourth in a series by guest authors examining systemic racial, ethnic, and gender inequities in the U.S. economy and in access to government social infrastructure and…
By: Antonya Jeffrey (opens in a new tab)
Beauty products for women of color and femme-identifying people of color perpetuate U.S. health and other socioeconomic inequalities (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 16, 2023
This column is the second in a series by guest authors examining systemic racial, ethnic, and gender inequities in the U.S. economy and in access to government social infrastructure and…
By: Beaumont Taylor Morton (opens in a new tab)
What is social infrastructure, and how does it support economic growth in the United States? (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 26, 2023
The word “infrastructure” brings to mind the big physical systems that underpin the U.S. economy, such as highways, bridges, tunnels, and water and sewage systems. Indeed, infrastructure is composed of…
By: Alix Gould-Werth (opens in a new tab), Sam Abbott (opens in a new tab), Emilie Openchowski (opens in a new tab)
Diversity in Economics: I can be a force for good in my world (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
Assistant professor of economics at Howard University
Diversity in Economics: Toward a friendlier discipline (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
Assistant professor of economics at at the University of Utah
By: Sarah Small
Diversity in Economics: I’m always attuned to how people are experiencing the economy (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
Assistant professor of sociology and organizational science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Diversity in Economics: Creating inclusive, integrated spaces in economics (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
Assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside
Diversity in Economics: I never thought about becoming an economist (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
Assistant professor of finance at the University of California, San Diego
Diversity in Economics video series uplifts diverse voices and research in economics and social sciences (opens in a new tab)
Videos JAN 5, 2023
A key priority of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth is supporting researchers from underrepresented backgrounds and at various points along their career ladders, contributing to the broader effort to…
By: Maria Monroe (opens in a new tab)
The economic impact of housing insecurity in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Videos DEC 8, 2022
This column is the first in a series by guest authors examining systemic racial, ethnic, and gender inequities in the U.S. economy and in access to government social infrastructure and…
By: Shailly Gupta Barnes (opens in a new tab)
Better data collection can help lift the LGBTQ+ community out of economic hardship in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Videos SEP 15, 2022
Over the past 2-plus years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread evidence has underscored the reality that various communities and demographic groups in the United States experience socioeconomic hardships differently. Numerous…
By: Raksha Kopparam (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth welcomes R. Jisung Park as a visiting scholar to examine economic impacts of climate change (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUL 25, 2022
Wildfires are blazing across Europe and temperatures are soaring around the world, exemplifying new extremes that are set to become normal as a result of climate change. But the effects…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
The impact of different inflationary pressures due to income inequality and racial disparities in the United States today (opens in a new tab)
Videos MAY 26, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently hosted a conference, “Unequal Inflation Impacts,” at which an illuminating set of presentations and additional research sources explored “the ways inflation puts different…
By: Jonathan Fisher (opens in a new tab)
Making Short-Time Compensation work for the low-wage service sector (opens in a new tab)
Reports MAY 11, 2022
A first step to making Short-Time Compensation work for the broader U.S. economy Fast facts Short-Time Compensation—a social insurance program also known as worksharing that is part of the larger…
By: Carmen Sanchez Cumming (opens in a new tab), Alix Gould-Werth (opens in a new tab)
Protecting livestock producers and chicken growers (opens in a new tab)
Reports MAY 5, 2022
For more than a decade, ranchers, contract chicken growers, and other livestock producers have expressed concerns about the actions of the meatpackers who buy the livestock and slaughter it, and…
By: Michael Kades (opens in a new tab)
The 2022 Midwest Economic Association annual meeting features key sessions on labor market monopsony (opens in a new tab)
Videos MAR 30, 2022
The Midwest Economic Association held its 86th annual meeting this past weekend, featuring six important sessions on labor market monopsony that the Washington Center for Equitable Growth co-organized as part…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Testimony by Jonathan Fisher before the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (opens in a new tab)
Videos NOV 17, 2021
Statement for the Roundtable Meeting of the Committee on “Measuring Economic Disparity” House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth November 17, 2021 I am Jonathan Fisher, the…
By: Jonathan Fisher (opens in a new tab)
2022 Request for Proposals (opens in a new tab)
RFPs NOV 10, 2021
Supporting American Indian tribal sovereignty boosts economic outcomes for those on reservation lands (opens in a new tab)
Videos OCT 21, 2021
American Indian communities over the past 30 years experienced more economic growth and improved well-being than during any other point in the more than five centuries since European colonists and…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Racial equity in U.S. data collection improves the accuracy of research, policy evaluation, and subsequent policymaking (opens in a new tab)
Videos SEP 28, 2021
The U.S. economy and society are rife with racial and ethnic inequalities, from wealth and income divides to disparities in health and well-being, education, and employment outcomes. These racial and…
By: Randall Akee (opens in a new tab)
Diversity in economics and data disaggregation can improve our understanding of the U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Videos SEP 27, 2021
Economics as a field is beleaguered by a diversity problem. This is not a new phenomenon, but diversity-related issues are now more widely discussed within many organizations and professional disciplines,…
By: Marie T. Mora (opens in a new tab)
Weekend reading: Evidence for a stronger economic future edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 24, 2021
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The first section is a round-up of what Equitable Growth published…
Equitable Growth president and CEO addresses conference attendees in first public appearance (opens in a new tab)
Videos SEP 23, 2021
Our recent policy conference, “Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future,” brought together policymakers, academics, advocates, and thought leaders to discuss the best evidence-based ideas for building a…
By: Michelle Holder (opens in a new tab)
Competitive Edge: The silver lining for antitrust enforcement in the Supreme Court’s embrace of “textualism” (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUL 28, 2021
Antitrust and competition issues are receiving renewed interest, and for good reason. So far, the discussion has occurred at a high level of generality. To address important specific antitrust enforcement…
By: Andrew I. Gavil (opens in a new tab)
Weekend reading: Race and police use of force in the United States edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 17, 2021
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The first section is a round-up of what Equitable Growth published…
Weekend reading: Public investments in care infrastructure edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 16, 2021
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The first section is a round-up of what Equitable Growth published…
Investing in an equitable future (opens in a new tab)
Videos APR 14, 2021
The United States faces four converging and overlapping challenges—a public health crisis and resulting economic one, a reckoning over structural racism, and the worsening effects of climate change—all of which…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
A new vision for antitrust enforcement in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 2, 2021
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth late last year held an event, titled “Restoring Competition in the United States: A Vision of Antitrust Enforcement for the Next Decade,” to discuss…
By: Raksha Kopparam (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)
A feminist economic policy agenda in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quest for racial justice (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 29, 2020
The displays of solidarity among Black Lives Matter protesters and frontline healthcare workers across the United States over the past month demonstrate the underlying links between multiple crises involving public…
By: Kate Bahn (opens in a new tab), Jennifer Cohen (opens in a new tab), Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (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)
One year later: Recession Ready and the coronavirus recession (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUN 1, 2020
Proposals put forth can help support communities, stabilize the economy amid coronavirus recession One year ago, long before the risks of the new coronavirus and the ensuing recession enveloped our…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track (opens in a new tab)
Videos MAY 26, 2020
Amid our nation’s health and economic crises, government officials must do more. They must use research and evidence-based polices to support people today and strengthen our economic future. The Washington…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
Black economists are missing from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economics profession (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 28, 2020
More than 40 years ago, Congress made the Federal Reserve responsible for fighting racial discrimination in the U.S. economy. The Fed’s maximum employment mandate arose directly from the civil rights…
By: Claudia Sahm (opens in a new tab)
Equitable Growth launches Vision 2020 book with discussion of research and policy ideas (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 24, 2020
The need for systemic change, the power of government to improve the U.S. economy and society, and the importance of connecting research, evidence, and data to the U.S. policymaking process…
By: David S. Mitchell (opens in a new tab)
When will everyone who wants to work have a job in the United States? (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 20, 2020
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) prefaced her questions directed to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at last week’s semiannual Humphrey-Hawkins congressional hearings with a history of the full employment mandate. In…
By: Claudia Sahm (opens in a new tab)
A first-time meta-analysis of monopsony demonstrates its breadth across labor markets (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 5, 2020
The role of monopsony in determining wages in labor markets worldwide is increasingly recognized across the economic literature. As economist Arindrajit Dube of the University of Massachusetts Amherst noted during…
By: Kate Bahn (opens in a new tab)
Encouraging banks to serve the credit needs of everyone (opens in a new tab)
Videos FEB 3, 2020
“Steady as she goes” could sum up the news from the Federal Reserve last week—that is, if we are talking about its interest-rate decision. Monetary policy is a key mandate…
By: Claudia Sahm (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)
Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee (opens in a new tab)
Videos OCT 16, 2019
Thank you, Chairman Lee and Vice Chair Maloney, for inviting me to speak today. It’s an honor to be here. My name is Heather Boushey and I am President and…
By: Heather Boushey (opens in a new tab)
Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, July 12–18, 2019 (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUL 18, 2019
Worthy reads from Equitable Growth: The most important worthy read this week is Fiona Scott Morton’s “Modern U.S. Antitrust Theory and Evidence Amid Rising Concerns Of Market Power and Its…
New data show top 10 percent saw income gains five times as large as bottom 50 percent since 1979 (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUL 1, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2019 Contact: Erica Handloff, 202-545-3354 or ehandloff@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth released new data this morning revealing how the economy performed…
New data reveal how U.S. economic growth is divided (opens in a new tab)
Videos JUL 1, 2019
New estimates of U.S. economic growth released this morning by Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez at the University of California, Berkeley tell us, for the first time, how growth was…
By: Austin Clemens (opens in a new tab)
Evolving worker and management attitudes toward labor organizations: The Equitable Growth context (opens in a new tab)
Videos APR 3, 2019
Tomorrow, April 4, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, a Washington Center for Equitable Growth grantee and assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, will present at an Equitable Growth seminar…
By: Equitable Growth (opens in a new tab)
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