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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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Look beyond gross domestic product to assess the effects of tax reforms
Wendy Edelberg and Ben Harris scrutinize the misplaced focus on aggregate output in tax policy debates and suggest other considerations to prioritize.
Tax Policy & Budget
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Policy Proposals
The coming fiscal cliff: A blueprint for tax reform in 2025
Tax Policy & Budget
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The coming end of federal child care funding threatens working mothers’ gains
Employment & Wages
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The Power of Policy to Reduce Poverty: Lessons from the Pandemic
Economic Security & Inequality
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A Hot Labor Market Won’t Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Unemployment Gaps
Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg discuss the benefits and potential limitations of promoting a tight labor market to eliminate racial an…
A Comparison of Renters and Homeowners in Recent Decades
Wendy Edelberg, Sara Estep, Stephanie Lu, and Emily Moss examine and offer new insights on the recent history of housing policy from the latter half of the 20t…
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 …
The Hamilton Project in 2020 – A Year in Figures
To conclude the year, Alexandra Contreras, Elizabeth Lee, and Stephanie Lu present here a month-by-month journey in figures through The Hamilton Project’s rese…
The Black-White Wealth Gap Left Black Households More Vulnerable
Using updated data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) for 2019, the authors of this blog find that the Black-white wealth gap present heading into the …
Hungry at Thanksgiving: A Fall 2020 Update on Food Insecurity in the U.S.
In this analysis, Lauren Bauer provides evidence of an ongoing food insecurity crisis in the United States and current evidence on household food insecurity an…
Five Figures Highlighting the Economic Impact of COVID-19
This blog post features five figures from recent Hamilton Project essays and analyses that illustrate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need…
The COVID-19 Public Health and Economic Crises Leave Vulnerable Populations Exposed
Jevay Grooms, Alberto Ortega, and Joaquín Rubalcaba present new survey data revealing disparities in outcomes related to the COVID-19 pandemic across race/ethn…
