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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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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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Taxing multinational companies in the 21st century
A proposal by Kimberly Clausing offers near-term and fundamental reforms to improve the taxation of multinational companies. Formulary apportionment would rais…
Tax reform for progressivity: A pragmatic approach
In the coming decades, federal spending will need to grow just to enable the government to continue to provide the services it does today. Natasha Sarin, Lawre…
Tackling the tax code: Efficient and equitable ways to raise revenue
Taxation is an enduring focus of economic policy debates. This book presents a series of policy options, authored by leading tax experts and backed by rigorous…
Raising revenue with a progressive value-added tax
Retirement and health-care commitments necessitate steadily rising spending at a time when the federal government is already missing other opportunities to mak…
Leveling the playing field between inherited income and income from work through an inheritance tax
One driver of high inequality and low intergenerational mobility is the inefficient and inequitable way that inheritances are currently taxed. In this proposal…
A proposal to tax financial transactions
The federal government requires more funding to sustain economic growth and opportunity, and raising such funds may require new sources of tax revenue. In this…
How to increase growth while raising revenue: Reforming the corporate tax code
A proposal by Jason Furman offers several reforms to the corporate tax code to improve the tax base and increase tax rates. This combination makes it possible …
A proposal to end regressive taxation through law enforcement
In this paper Michael Makowsky of Clemson University describes how the reliance of local governments on fees, fines, and asset forfeiture for revenue generatio…
