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Posts June 4, 2025

Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness

Changes proposed in the budget bill would undermine SNAP's role as an automatic stabilizer during recessions.
Posts May 29, 2025

Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?

Lawmakers are considering a Child Tax Credit expansion that would primarily benefit higher-income families while continuing to exclude millions of children fro…
Posts May 22, 2025

Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations

Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in mea…
Posts October 22, 2024

Event recap—How would across-the-board tariffs create chaos in 2025?

On October 17, The Hamilton Project and the Peterson Institute for International Economics hosted a webinar to discuss the economic implications of across-the-…
Posts October 7, 2024

Tariffs on all imports would create chaos for business

Wendy Edelberg and Maurice Obstfeld warn that tariffs on all U.S. imports would create chaos for American businesses.
Policy Proposals September 25, 2024

Modernizing partnership taxation

This proposal examines the current structure of partnership taxation and presents reforms that would modernize partnership taxation.
Posts September 3, 2024

Trump administration budgets and programs for people of limited means

The Trump administration’s budgets proposed significant cuts to social programs for people with low and moderate incomes.
Posts June 6, 2024

Which states need support in welcoming new immigrants?

This analysis identifies states and localities that are facing fiscal pressure from newly arrived immigrants and suggests ways the federal government could red…
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