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SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
Economic Security & Inequality
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Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative data
Effective Government
Employment & Wages
Economic Facts
Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
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Next steps on the Child Tax Credit
Robert Greenstein identifies priorities for expanding the Child Tax Credit and urges strengthening the CTC for low-income children as much as possible.
Event recap—Tackling international tax
During The Hamilton Project's “Tackling International Tax” event, experts explored significant changes to the taxing of international corporate income.
Six economic facts on international corporate taxation
Significant proposed changes to tax policy would bring the US system more in line with the new consensus on international corporate tax policy. These six econo…
Tax data show evidence of strong income gains for higher-income families and only muted decreases for lower- and moderate-income families in 2020
In a new blog, Mitchell Barnes, Mark Booth, Wendy Edelberg, and Sara Estep analyze data from the Daily Treasury Statements and examine the impact of the recess…
Strengthening the Child Tax Credit: What comes next?
Bob Greenstein outlines the future of the Child Tax Credit and examines how the American Family Plan can help make the CTC permanent.
Across-the-board spending cuts do not make children or the economy healthier
The difficult realities and constraints facing the U.S. federal budget, coupled with the evident value of investing in children and families, raise a complex q…
Tax reforms to raise revenue efficiently and equitably
Wendy Edelberg, Elizabeth Lee, Sara Estep, Madison Bober highlight a selection of policy proposals from The Hamilton Project’s 2020 book, "Tackling the Tax Cod…
A macroeconomic analysis of a Senate Republican COVID relief package
Ten Senate Republicans recently proposed a $618-billion COVID relief package. In this piece, we provide an analysis of that package and update our analysis of …
