Hilary Wething

1 month ago | epi.org | Josh Bivens |Elise Gould |Hilary Wething |Ben Zipperer

Below is an excerpt from a piece originally published in The Briefing Book, a Substack publication. Read the full commentary here. Rising inequality has been a major social and economic problem for the United States for decades. The policy agenda to stop or even reverse this inequality must start with a clear understanding of what drove it.

1 month ago | epi.org | Josh Bivens |Hilary Wething |Monique Morrissey

Download PDF Keeping taxes low for the richest households and corporations is the clearest legislative priority of the Trump administration and the Republican congressional majority. Many provisions of the 2017 tax law (often called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or the TCJA) are expiring this year.