Publications
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.
Papers
Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Robert Greenstein and Danilo Trisi examine poverty, deep poverty, and the poverty gap in the U.S. over time.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
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The economic challenges of crime & incarceration in the United States
High rates of crime and incarceration impose tremendous costs on society, with lasting negative effects on individuals, families, and communities. Although cri…
Major decisions: Graduates’ earnings growth and debt repayment
In a new interactive feature and economic analysis, The Hamilton Project explores how the current student loan repayment system often creates a heavy burden on…
Differences in water use across counties in the United States
Using newly released data, The Hamilton Project presents an economic analysis and a new interactive feature to illustrate the great variation in the level and …
America’s fragmented water systems
In the blog post, The Hamilton Project explores the regulatory challenges of America's fragmented water systems and highlight eye-opening information from …
The path to water innovation
The United States’ aging water infrastructure will be increasingly strained by population growth, economic expansion, and the effects of climate change. In thi…
Shopping for water: How the market can mitigate water shortages in the American West
In the face of a severe drought in the West, new approaches are required to mitigate the risk of water shortages. In this Hamilton Project paper, Peter Culp, R…
Nine economic facts about water and drought in the United States
The water crisis is as much an economic issue as it is an environmental one, and it demands focused national attention. This Hamilton Project policy memo prese…
Major decisions: What graduates earn over their lifetimes (2014)
This economic analysis explores career earnings by college major.
