The following feeds and links are intended to keep current with the latest and most compelling policy discourses occurring in the nation. They are not intended to advocate for a specific policy, but to provide factual information to educate the public. As Thomas Jefferson said: “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic.”
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, September 20–27, 2019
Worthy reads from Equitable Growth: Heather Boushey in Politico provides a platform to argue for distributional national accounts. Read “How
Weekend reading: “The state of antitrust” edition
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The
Equitable Growth event highlights Boushey’s new book Unbound about how inequality obstructs, subverts, and distorts economic growth
Drawing lessons from data and the need to rebuild governing institutions to address structural problems in the U.S. economy were
Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee
Heather Boushey Washington Center for Equitable Growth Testimony before the House Budget Committee, Hearing on “Solutions to Rising Economic Inequality”
The state of U.S. federal antitrust enforcement
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What’s luck got to do with it? When it comes to money, quite a bit
The notion that hard work is all that’s needed to achieve a prosperous or even comfortable living in the UnitedWhy is the economy so weak? Trade gets headlines, but it’s more about past Fed rate hikes and the TCJA’s waste
The Federal Reserve meets this week against a backdrop of mounting evidence of a slowing economy. Since the last FederalRacial and ethnic income gaps persist amid uneven growth in household incomes
Yesterday’s Census Bureau report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2018 shows that while there was a slowdownGovernment programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2018
**Correction: The SSI number in Figure B was corrected to 2,949,000 from From 2017 to 2018, the official poverty rateSlowdown in household income growth continues in 2018
Today’s report from the Census Bureau shows a marked slowdown in median household income growth relative to previous years. Median
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The Kitchen-Table Case for Impeaching Trump
Jeff Hauser and Eleanor Eagan
Washington Monthly, September 19, 2019Surprisingly Good News at the Consumer Product Safety Commission
Eleanor Eagan
The American Prospect, September 18, 2019