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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
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Smarter, better, faster: The potential for predictive analytics and rapid-cycle evaluation to improve program development and outcomes
In this policy memo, Scott Cody and Andrew Asher propose that federal, state, and local agencies conduct thorough needs assessments to determine if predictive …
Policies to address poverty in America
The introduction to The Hamilton Project’s new volume, Policies to Address Poverty in America, presents an overview of America’s poverty crisis, and makes the …
Supporting low-income workers through refundable child-care credits
In this policy memo, James P. Ziliak proposes converting the federal Child and Dependent Care Credit from a nonrefundable tax credit to a refundable one, cappi…
The importance of unemployment insurance for American families & the economy: Take 2
In the absence of congressional action to extend unemployment insurance, 1.3 million Americans will immediately lose their benefits on December 28th. In this m…
A dozen facts about America’s struggling lower-middle class
Many American families whose incomes are not low enough to officially place them in poverty live in economically precarious situations. This struggling lower-m…
Strengthening SNAP for a more food-secure, healthy America
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—formerly known as the Food Stamp Program—is an essential part of America’s social safety net. Diane Schanz…
Hunger and the important role of SNAP as an American safety net
In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project focuses on two critical issues related to SNAP: (1) the widespread existence of both food insecurity and obesit…
New approaches to promoting college access for more Americans
The role of education in improving social mobility is well-known, and new evidence identifies promising ways to help more low-income students improve their edu…
