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Jan 28, 2025 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Maria Monroe
A visual description of the AI technology stack and what policymakers should consider when creating regulations.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Emilie Openchowski
A round-up of interesting research from the first day of the 2025 ASSA conference in San Francisco, California.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Maria Monroe
AI-driven technologies economic and social impacts and how researchers can support policymakers in ensuring that the benefits of AI are broadly shared.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Kathryn Zickuhr |Alexander Hertel-Fernandez |Hiba Haroon |Shaun Harrison
Skip to content AI, tech, & the economyAnticompetitive ConductAntitrust EnforcementBargaining PowerBusiness TaxationChildcare & Early EducationClimateCompetitionConcentrationCredit & DebtEconomic InequalityEconomic MobilityEconomic WellbeingEconomics of PlaceFamiliesFiscal PolicyGDP 2.0GenderHealthIncome & Earnings VolatilityIndividual TaxationInequality & MobilityJob MobilityK-12LaborMinimum WageMonetary PolicyMonopsonyPaid LeavePay EquityPost-secondary EducationPovertyRace &...
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Emilie Openchowski
A recent Equitable Growth event covers the basics of the U.S. tax code ahead of highly anticipated tax policy debates in 2025.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Alexander Hertel-Fernandez |Kathryn Zickuhr |Hiba Haroon |Shaun Harrison
U.S. employers are deploying artificial-intelligence-powered and automated tools to monitor and manage workers, including tracking workers’ locations, activities, and productivity, and making decisions based on that data about workers’ schedules, tasks, compensation, promotions, and discipline.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Alexander Hertel-Fernandez |Molly Kinder |Kathryn Zickuhr |Terrell McSweeny
Topic AI, tech, & the economy Economists have long understood technological development to be the main driver of sustained economic growth. Yet the broadly shared benefits from technological advancements are not automatic. Indeed, they historically are a result of how institutions direct the development and deployment of technology.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Kate Bahn |Alexander Hertel-Fernandez |Hiba Haroon |Shaun Harrison
Mass strikes across U.S. industries, successful organizing drives in multiple sectors of the economy, and a U.S. president who declares himself proud to be labeled “the most pro-union president in history” all point to a historic resurgence for organized labor in the United States. Even longtime foes of unions have begun to rethink past positions in the wake of evidence showing labor unions’ growing popularityamong Americans.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Hiba Haroon |Shaun Harrison |Austin Clemens
New program will elevate academics across subjects and disciplines to inform timely economic policy debatesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Katie Wilcoxson, [email protected] – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced the launch of a new Nonresident Scholars program that will connect academics to policymakers and ensure public debates are grounded in economic evidence.
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May 23, 2024 | 
equitablegrowth.org | Kate Bahn |Molly Kinder |Michael Garvey |Kathryn Zickuhr
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth on May 21 hosted its marquee event, “Research on Tap: Three Forces Shaping the 2024 Economy,” at the National Union Building in Washington, DC. Guests showed up for drinks, dialogue, and debate, as a panel of experts discussed how the forces of climate change, generative AI, and racial inequality are affecting the U.S. economy.