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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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The Hamilton Project: 2025 in figures
These nine data visualizations illustrate The Hamilton Project's work in 2025 on key economic policy challenges and developments.
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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
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Artificial intelligence and algorithmic exclusion
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
Economic Security & Inequality
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Tracking the mounting challenges among those who have lost their jobs
In this analysis, Aaronson and Edelberg find evidence of structural damage in the monthly employment data. Early in the pandemic, most workers who lost jobs we…
What could additional fiscal policy do for the economy in the next three years?
This analysis shows the effects on economic activity, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), of illustrative versions of several policies. Specifical…
Major decisions: What graduates earn over their lifetimes
For many years, The Hamilton Project has produced data interactives that help young people make decisions regarding their education and careers. We have update…
Building tomorrow’s workforce today: Twin proposals for the future of learning, opportunity, and work
In this proposal, Richard Arum and Mitchell Stevens propose twin federal government initiatives to incentivize innovation in instructional delivery throughout …
Teen disengagement is on the rise
In this analysis, we present two data interactives that let you explore how trends in teen labor force participation and school enrollment during the academic …
Raise the SNAP maximum benefit to reduce food insecurity
In a new video, Lauren Bauer explains the problem of food security in America and avenues for addressing it.
Why extend Pandemic EBT? When schools are closed, many fewer eligible children receive meals.
Between 9 and 17 million children live in a household where the adults say that their children do not have enough to eat, and they do not have the resources to…
An eviction moratorium without rental assistance hurts smaller landlords, too
An eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical for the health and economic security of renters—but it is only half the solution. Without renta…
