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The Hamilton Project produces and commissions policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth by embracing a significant role for well-designed government policies and public investment.
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The safety net should work for working-age adults
Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) receive minimal support from traditional safety net programs. Many struggle to work because of health conditions, disabilities, and precarity in the low-wage labor market.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Poverty and poverty reduction among non-elderly, nondisabled, childless adults in affluent countries: The United States in cross-national perspective
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Economic Facts
Ten economic facts about rental housing
Housing & Infrastructure
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November 16, 2023
High mortgage rates are probably here for a while
An analysis identifies factors behind the increase in mortgage rates and the gap between mortgage rates and U.S. Treasury securities.
Posts
May 23, 2023
Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship Has Clear Negative Effects on Taxpayers
Debt limit brinksmanship is already impacting Treasury securities. The increase in interest rates represents a cost to taxpayers and a lack of confidence among…
Policy Proposals
April 27, 2023
Principles for Public Investment in Climate-Responsible Energy Innovation
This proposal lays out the rationale for substantially increasing federal spending on clean energy research and development, along with four foundational pilla…
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April 24, 2023
How Worried Should We Be if the Debt Ceiling Isn’t Lifted?
If the debt limit binds, how would the U.S. Treasury operate? How much would federal spending have to be cut? How would the economy be affected? Wendy Edelberg…
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January 25, 2023
How Worried Should We Be if the Debt Ceiling Isn’t Lifted? (Archived)
If the debt limit binds, how would the U.S. Treasury operate? How much would federal spending have to be cut? How would the economy be affected? Wendy Edelberg…
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December 9, 2022
Event Recap—The Economic Benefits of Immigration
A December 2022 webcast featuring Sen. Joe Manchin and two roundtables of experts explored how to increase and more equitably share the economic benefits of im…
Policy Proposals
December 7, 2022
Renewing America, Revamping Immigration
In a policy proposal, Jennifer Hunt identifies reforms to the U.S. immigration system that would increase its economic benefits to the native born, enforce its…
Policy Proposals
December 7, 2022
A More Equitable Distribution of the Positive Fiscal Benefits of Immigration
Immigration is good for the U.S. economy and for the fiscal picture at the federal level, but some local areas experience adverse fiscal impacts when new immig…