Commentary Search for: All CategoriesArticles & Op-EdsBlog: By the NumbersBooksFiguresMember StatementsNewsPapersPolicy BriefsAll TopicsClimate, Energy, and InfrastructureDemographics and PopulationIncome Inequality and Labor MarketSocial Policy and EducationTax and BudgetTechnology and InnovationTrade, Immigration, and Globalization December 10 2020 | Papers Climate Convexity: The Inequality of a Warming World Trevor Houser of the Rhodium Group summarizes current forecasts of climate damages in the years ahead and their implications for the global economy, inequality, and health. Trevor Houser December 10 2020 | Papers Securing Our Economic Future: Foreword AESG co-chairs Hank Paulson and Erskine Bowles introduce the group's 2020 policy volume. The American economy is in the midst of a wrenching crisis, one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, intensified by the worst social unrest in a generation, and... Erskine Bowles, Henry M. Paulson, Jr. December 10 2020 | Papers Securing Our Economic Future: Introduction The United States is currently gripped by deep uncertainty and economic anxiety. At the time of this writing, the United States is six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 190,000 Americans have died from COVID (CDC 2020); more than... Amy Ganz, Melissa S. Kearney December 10 2020 | Papers Is the Decline of the Middle Class Greatly Exaggerated? Professor Bruce Sacerdote of Dartmouth College asserts that claims about a vanishing middle class are not well-founded. The real challenges, he argues, are the rapidly changing nature of work and the skills demanded in the labor market; the unequal distribution... Bruce Sacerdote December 10 2020 | Papers Walking the Tightrope: Variable Income and Limited Liquidity Among the US Middle Class In this chapter, author Dan Silverman of Arizona State University describes a body of evidence showing that large fluctuations in household income are commonplace both across and within years. However, these households’ reactions to shocks reveal substantial resilience despite their... Dan Silverman December 10 2020 | Papers Middle-Class Redistribution: Tax and Transfer Policy for Most Americans Adam Looney (University of Utah), Jeff Larrimore (Federal Reserve Board), and David Splinter (Joint Committee on Taxation) provide an in-depth analysis of after tax and transfer incomes of middle-class Americans over time. Adam Looney, David Splinter, Jeff Larrimore December 10 2020 | Books Securing Our Economic Future The Economic Strategy Group's third annual policy volume focuses on the economics of the middle class, geographic disparities in economic opportunity, and U.S. policy options to address climate change. Aspen Economic Strategy Group December 10 2020 | Papers Harnessing the Power of Markets to Solve the Climate Problem Author Gilbert E. Metcalf of Tufts University argues that a carbon tax should be the centerpiece of any portfolio of policies that aim to achieve zero net emissions. However, a carbon tax alone is insufficient to achieve zero net emissions,... Gilbert E. Metcalf December 04 2020 | News Washington Post Op-Ed: How to save millions of Americans from losing their homes The covid-19 pandemic has pushed tens of millions of Americans to the brink of eviction, revealing a gaping hole in our social safety net. The CARES Act, a federal eviction moratorium, and state and local renter protections have thus far... Amy Ganz December 03 2020 | Papers A Renter Safety Net: A Call for Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Ingrid Gould Ellen (NYU Furman Center), Amy Ganz (Economic Strategy Group), and Katherine O’Regan (NYU Furman Center) document the costly externalities that such housing instability poses and propose the creation of a Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide one-time,... Amy Ganz, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O'Regan « Previous 1 … 32 33 34 35 36 … 38 Next »