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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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The softening labor market shows resilience and some pockets of slack
Our review of key labor market indicators finds that the labor market remains tight but shows some pockets of slack.
Employment & Wages
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Policy Proposals
A federal guarantee for earned paid time off
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
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Event recap—How would across-the-board tariffs create chaos in 2025?
Healthy Economy
Tax Policy & Budget
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Immigration and the macroeconomy after 2024
Effective Government
Healthy Economy
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Event recap—Building clean energy infrastructure: Roadblocks, tradeoffs, and solutions
On May 22, The Hamilton Project and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability hosted an event to discuss the path to a resilient and clean electricity grid.
Eight facts about permitting and the clean energy transition
This set of economic facts highlights the state of permitting reform and barriers to building out clean energy infrastructure.
Climate change and utility wildfire risk: A proposal for a federal backstop
To mitigate wildfire risks from electric utilities, this proposal suggests applying California’s framework across the West via a voluntary multistate and feder…
Governing the grid for the future: The case for a Federal Grid Planning Authority
Shelley Welton discusses the grid governance challenge underlying the U.S. grid’s interconnection, transmission, and reliability challenges.
Climate tax policy reform options in 2025
Climate tax policy options are evaluated by their emissions reductions, economic efficiency, and fiscal impact.
Converting brown offices to green apartments
A proposal outlines how to stimulate conversion of offices to green apartments.
Ten economic facts about electricity and the clean energy transition
This set of facts elevates key energy system characteristics, especially within electricity production, that will be consequential to the clean energy transiti…
Principles for public investment in climate-responsible energy innovation
This proposal lays out the rationale for substantially increasing federal spending on clean energy research and development, along with four foundational pilla…
