The Hamilton Project produces evidence-based policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth.

Wendy Edelberg examines the economic factors driving the recent elevation in inflation levels, identifying extraordinary pandemic-related changes in consumer demand and issues in supply-chains that have impacted prices in the core goods sector.

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee explore how the decision whether to enroll in school or work during the pandemic have played out through the 2020-21 academic school year and the summer of 2021.

On October 6, 2021 Wendy Edelberg testified before the Joint Economic Committee on the subject of "Building Back Better: Raising Revenue to Invest in Shared Prosperity."

On September 30, 2021, Wendy Edelberg testified before the The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on the subject of “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and Its Impact”.

Betsey Stevenson reviews what has happened to women’s employment and labor force participation in the recovery from the pandemic.

In a new economic analysis, Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University, and Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University, revisit their previous work for Hamilton Project and assess the economic recovery of Black Americans throughout the pandemic.

In these Economic Facts, the Hamilton Project reviews recent economic data to provide context for assessing the state of the economic recovery and highlight areas that remain short of a return to normal.

Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach offer a preliminary analysis of the effect of the Pandemic EBT program on food hardship to date.

Wendy Edelberg and Louise Sheiner delineate how the economy is likely to suffer lasting and avoidable damage should the debt limit bind.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, The Hamilton Project will host a webcast examining how different groups are experiencing the economic recovery from the recession and policy solutions to ensure the recovery is more broadly felt.

In a new blog, Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg discuss the benefits and potential limitations of promoting a tight labor market to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in unemployment rates.