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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—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
On March 18, The Hamilton Project and Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy hosted an event on homeowners insurance and climate risk.
Energy & Climate
Housing & Infrastructure
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Policy Proposals
A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
Energy & Climate
Housing & Infrastructure
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Event recap—AI + work: Understanding AI’s impact on the labor market
Employment & Wages
Technology & Innovation
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Research on AI and the labor market is still in the first inning
Employment & Wages
Technology & Innovation
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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…
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December 16, 2012
How long will it take to get to 6.5 percent unemployment?
The Fed recently announced that it would keep interest rates at historic lows until the unemployment rate dropped below 6.5 percent, so long as inflation remai…
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December 7, 2012
The impact of fiscal cliff negotiations on American jobs: The tradeoff between deficit reduction and economic growth
As the year draws to a close, policymakers and the media have their sights fixed on the “fiscal cliff” – the rapidly approaching day on which federal law manda…
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December 4, 2012
The importance of unemployment insurance for American families and the economy
About two million U.S. residents stand to lose extended unemployment insurance benefits next month when legislation that temporarily increased how long people …
