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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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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard for American workers?
Economic Security & Inequality
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
Economic Security & Inequality
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
Energy & Climate
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
Energy & Climate
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Ten economic facts about electricity and the clean energy transition
This set of facts elevates key energy system characteristics, especially within electricity production, that will be consequential to the clean energy transiti…
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…
How to reduce emissions as much as possible at the lowest cost
This blog post and video explain how existing emissions policies could be updated once a sufficiently high carbon price is in place. They also underscore the i…
Market-based clean performance standards as building blocks for carbon pricing
Because industrial sectors contribute a large fraction of total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, addressing their emissions is an essential eleme…
Ten facts about the economics of climate change and climate policy
Substantial physical, biological and economic damages will occur as a result of climate change in the absence of strong policy action. In this set of economic …
Promoting innovation for low-carbon technologies
In this paper, David Popp points out that despite the recent progress made in clean technology innovation, much remains to be done in order to decarbonize our …
How to change US climate policy after there is a price on carbon
If a robust carbon price is successfully implemented, other regulations that target carbon emissions may become redundant, less effective, or more expensive. R…
Promoting energy innovation with lessons from drug development
Despite progress toward a cleaner energy system, current U.S. policies appear insufficient to reduce emissions enough to avoid catastrophic climate change whil…
