Liz Hipple

Apr 2, 2024 | equitablegrowth.org | Liz Hipple |Jonathan Fisher |Jake Schild |David Johnson

Amid ongoing congressional debate over expanding the Child Tax Credit for U.S. families, it’s important to understand why the fears about the expansion of that tax credit in 2021 were wrong. One of the more prominent concerns voiced at the time was that families who qualified for the expanded tax credit would spend the additional money unwisely, even perhaps using it to buy illicit drugs. These concerns were offensive on many levels.

Dec 7, 2023 | equitablegrowth.org | Liz Hipple |Kathryn Zickuhr |Sydnee Caldwell |Suresh Naidu

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced five new members of its Steering Committee. Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trevon Logan of The Ohio State University, Suresh Naidu of Columbia University, Heidi Williams of Dartmouth College, and Catherine Wolfram of MIT will join the existing members of the Steering Committee to expand Equitable Growth’s network of academic and policy advisors.