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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 Hamilton Project: 2025 in figures
These nine data visualizations illustrate The Hamilton Project's work in 2025 on key economic policy challenges and developments.
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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
Education
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Artificial intelligence and algorithmic exclusion
Technology & Innovation
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Why have mortgage rates fallen, and where are they headed?
Mortgage rates have reversed some of their increase since 2020 and are likely to continue to fall.
Modernizing partnership taxation
This proposal examines the current structure of partnership taxation and presents reforms that would modernize partnership taxation.
The labor market impact of deportations
Chloe East explores the research on the consequences of increasing the number of deportations on the U.S. labor market.
Assessing the state of household finances in nine charts
An assessment of household finances finds that consumer spending is solid, but income growth has been relatively weak.
Trump administration budgets and programs for people of limited means
The Trump administration’s budgets proposed significant cuts to social programs for people with low and moderate incomes.
The strong labor market has boosted US-born employment
Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson estimate that, contrary to the published data, U.S.-born employment increased by about 740,000 in 2023.
Prime-age women are still driving the labor market recovery
Prime-age women have driven the post-pandemic labor market recovery, but labor force participation rates vary among different demographic groups.
Policy proposals from The Hamilton Project
This publication provides an overview of The Hamilton Project's work to introduce new and effective policy options into the national debate.
