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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.
Policy Proposals
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
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Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
Employment & Wages
Health Care
Policy Proposals
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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How to bolster UI in response to COVID-19
Ryan Nunn argues that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UI system requires a number of reforms to support families and the broader economy.
What to do about health care markets? Policies to make health care markets work
Martin Gaynor of Carnegie Mellon University describes the substantial consolidation that has occurred in health-care markets, showing that it is has generally …
Reducing administrative costs in US health care
U.S. health-care spending on administrative costs far exceeds the amount necessary to deliver effective health care. David Cutler proposes several reforms to r…
A proposal to cap provider prices and price growth in the commercial health care market
The United States spends a larger share of its GDP on health care than any other advanced economy. This high private sector health-care spending in the United …
A dozen facts about the economics of the US health care system
A well-functioning health-care sector supports well-being and is a prerequisite for a well-functioning economy. Unfortunately, the problems with U.S. health ca…
Food security is economic security is economic stimulus
Lauren Bauer and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach detail policy responses tailored to the COVID-19 pandemic to support food security, particularly for households wi…
What should a fiscal response to a COVID-19 outbreak look like?
Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh comments on the COVID-19 virus and how economic policies with automatic triggers can alleviate the financial burden of …
Examining the Black-white wealth gap
A close examination of wealth in the U.S. finds evidence of staggering racial disparities.
