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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Economic Security & Inequality
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Tariffs are a particularly bad way to raise revenue
Effective Government
Healthy Economy
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SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
Economic Security & Inequality
Recessions
Social Insurance
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Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative data
Effective Government
Employment & Wages
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Building on recent advances in evidence-based policymaking
Over the past decade, and particularly over the past five years, new government strategies have begun to emerge—at the federal, state, and local levels—that of…
National defense in a time of change
In response to likely cuts to the defense budget, Gary Roughead and Kori Schake propose restructuring the force to improve the military’s ability to respond to…
The economics of immigration reform
Immigration reform has taken center stage of the policy debate. While most Americans agree that our immigration system is flawed, there remains a lack of under…
Rationalizing US immigration policy: Reforms for simplicity, fairness, and economic growth
Giovanni Peri of UC Davis proposes a practical set of immigration reforms, starting with market-based changes to employment-based visas to better link visas wi…
The US immigration system: Potential benefits of reform
The Hamilton Project provides background information on the state of America’s immigration system, and discusses the economic benefits of reforming the system.
Ten economic facts about immigration
This policy memo explores some of the questions frequently raised around immigration in the United States and provides facts drawn from publicly available data…
Financing losses from catastrophic risks
Catastrophe insurance helps spread risks and increases the ability of policyholders and the economy to recover from both natural disasters and terrorist attack…
Weighing alternative policies for tackling the mortgage mess
Without government action, mortgage foreclosures will rise steeply for the next several years, argues Doug Elmendorf. He analyzes the wide range of proposals f…
