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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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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
On June 16, The Hamilton Project, the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, and the Tax Policy Center hosted an event on business tax reform.
Tax Policy & Budget
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Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
The future of US international corporate tax reform
Tax Policy & Budget
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Taking on tax: Toward progressive revenue-raising business tax reform
Tax Policy & Budget
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September 12, 2013
The lasting effects of the Great Recession: Six million missing workers and a new economic normal
Despite the consistent pattern of modest jobs growth over the last several years, the nation’s goal of a full recovery from the Great Recession remains elusive…
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August 2, 2013
What new immigrants could mean for American wages
The Hamilton Project examines how future immigration trends could impact American wages, using targets set in the recently-passed Senate bill as a signpost. Un…
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July 5, 2013
Rising student debt burdens: Factors behind the phenomenon
Despite the positive return to higher education, many Americans are concerned about their ability to pay for college, and there is increasing focus on the risi…
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June 6, 2013
Is starting college and not finishing really that bad?
In recent years there has been increasing concern about students who begin two- and four-year college programs but fail to complete a degree—particularly in li…
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May 3, 2013
Should the United States have 2.2 million more jobs?
Following the last five recessions in U.S. history, the economy added government jobs—an average of 1.7 million, in fact—that helped spur our economic recovery…
Policy Proposals
April 17, 2013
Using data to improve the performance of workforce training
Workforce training programs have the potential to improve the lives and incomes of millions of Americans by lifting many into the middle class and preventing o…
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April 5, 2013
An evidence-based approach to improving worker training programs
There is significant pressure facing policymakers at all levels of government to fund programs that provide the best results for the best value. Worker trainin…
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March 8, 2013
Sequestration’s threat to America’s most vulnerable
In this month’s employment analysis, The Hamilton Project looks at current poverty trends in the United States, the important role of government support progra…
