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October 27, 2023
Axios: Food insecurity spiked last year, new report shows
“So many households are struggling financially, even if their pay has gone up," says East, from The Hamilton Project, who has been studying pay increases. Now…
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August 23, 2023
The Hill: Pressley presses big banks for updates on $30 billion in racial equity pledges
"The congresswomen cited a 2020 study from The Hamilton Project that found white households held 84 percent of the wealth in the country, despite accounting fo…
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August 19, 2023
Bloomberg: US consumers near day of reckoning as pandemic cash stash shrinks
“So far at least, such signs of distress are not cause for alarm, according to Edelberg and Goulas of Brookings. But if financially strapped households rack up…
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November 9, 2022
Science-based increase in SNAP benefits should result in a healthier citizenry
Bob Greenstein explains how an increase in SNAP benefits will benefit millions of Americans and should lead to a healthier, more productive citizenry and workf…
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April 15, 2021
Bob Greenstein Joins The Hamilton Project at Brookings
Robert Greenstein has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he will be affiliated with The Hamilton Proje…
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October 2, 2018
The Places America’s Rich and Poor Call Home
Where people live in the U.S. makes a big difference to their chances of enjoying a long and prosperous life. Kriston McIntosh, Ryan Nunn and Jay Shambaugh exp…
September 12, 2018
Behind the Numbers: Millions Seeking a Path Out of Poverty
The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that 39.7 million Americans experienced poverty last year. In this commentary, Lauren Bauer takes a closer look at the…
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December 11, 2017
Who are the poor Americans?
In this post, Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh explores the characteristics of poverty in the United States.