The auto-enrollment change replaces the previous structure, which required parents or guardians to sign up.

This clip features Antoine Prince Albert III during the session “Rebalancing Big Tech’s grip on the economy” at Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future. Learn more about this…

Sweeping jobs displacements—if they do occur in the near future due to AI—will require policy responses other than Unemployment Insurance.

A debt‑to‑wealth lens shows how wealth differences and inequality shape fiscal capacity and strategies for reducing government debt.

The U.S. economy is suffering from high debt, high inequality, & slow growth. Taxing wealth and the rich's unrealized capital gains can help solve all 3 problems at once.

Section 338 tariffs in the Trump administration’s trade war with Canada are increasing costs, disrupting key industries, and straining supply chains across both economies. This piece analyzes new…

This clip features Heather Boushey, professor of practice at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. The AI boom and energy transition are jointly shaping the next phase of U.S. economic growth.…

Sweeping jobs displacements—if they do occur in the near future due to AI—will require policy responses other than Unemployment Insurance.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has been researching the adoption of AI in the workplace—and found that the reality doesn’t match the industry’s puffery. For now.

This column explains Equitable Growth funded research measuring how workers are adopting generative AI in their jobs using a nationally representative survey.

A review the effects and implications of declining job quality both for workers and for democracy in the United States.

Policymakers can prepare for potential labor market disruptions caused by AI by investing in programs that support economic resiliency.

Immigration supports stronger economic growth by expanding the U.S. labor force, boosting productivity, increasing profitability for businesses, and strengthening consumer demand.

Immigration supports stronger economic growth by expanding the U.S. labor force, boosting productivity, increasing profitability for businesses, and strengthening consumer demand.

This clip features Alix Gould-Werth during the session “Social infrastructure as an engine for equitable growth” at Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future. Learn more about…

Findings from a survey of unionized U.S. workers about members’ experiences with provisions related to automated management and surveillance tools in their CBAs.

Mapping federal data collection through the lens of increased adoption of AI in workplaces across the nation.

This clip features Kristen Broady and J. W. Mason during the session “Boosting aggregate demand and managing debt burdens” at Equitable Growth 2021: Evidence for a Stronger Economic Future. Learn…

Why scaling the national debt by what the country owns—not just what it earns in a year—reshapes the debate over how much we owe and who could help pay it down.

New research studies terms and conditions for using generative AI and find they largely advantage providers over users of these tools.

Professor Mark Rank on why the United States has such high rates of poverty. Segment is from “Equitable Growth Presents: Dispelling Poverty Myths and Expanding Income Support,” April 21, 2021.…

Housing wealth and political representation are aligned—with homeowners who supply a disproportionate share of political participation benefitting from increased wealth.

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AI exposure scores can reveal useful approximations of where AI is entering and influencing the labor market and inform policymaking.

Equitable Growth's AI database collects research on how AI technologies may affect work, workers, and the labor market.

Equitable Growth's AI database collects research on how AI technologies may affect work, workers, and the labor market.

How surveillance pay practices work, where they are increasingly deployed in the U.S. economy, and policy recommendations to ensure pay fairness and transparency.

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A deep dive of federal record-keeping found that government-back lending practices in the 1930's and '40s were biased against Black borrowers, according to a new study published in Nature.

Why scaling the national debt by what the country owns—not just what it earns in a year—reshapes the debate over how much we owe and who could help pay it down.