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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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Policy Proposals
December 1, 2008
From prison to work: A proposal for a national prisoner reentry program
This paper proposes a national prisoner reentry program whose core element is up to a year of transitional employment available to all parolees in need of work.
Policy Proposals
September 1, 2008
Facilitating shared appreciation mortgages to prevent housing crashes and affordability crises
This paper argues that development of shared appreciation mortgage (SAM) markets in the United States would moderate the impending decline in homeownership and…