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Racism and the Economy
Through a landmark eleven part series, all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System partnered to examine structural racism in America’s economy and how to advance actions to improve economic outcomes for all.
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Lower income, higher inflation? New data bring answers at last
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
October 7, 2024
Data
BRENDEN TIMPE, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Scholar spotlight: Brenden Timpe
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 25, 2024
Article
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“A broad-based and inclusive goal”
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
September 25, 2024
Article
LAURA GEE, Associate Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Scholar spotlight: Laura Gee
Danielle Cabot | Public Relations Associate
September 25, 2024
Article
Illenin Kondo
Conversations with the Fed: Income Distributions and Dynamics in America
Illenin O. Kondo | Senior Research Economist, Institute
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Risky employment, safe assets, and the racial wealth gap
Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Senior Research Economist, Institute
July 11, 2024
Article
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Did Racially Motivated Labor Policy Reverse Equality Gains for Everyone?
Erin L. Wolcott | Middlebury College
May 16, 2024
Research
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Meritocracy across Countries
Oriana Bandiera | London School of Economics and Political Science, CEPR, BREAD, and IZA Ananya Kotia | London School of Economics and Political Science Ilse Lindenlaub | Yale University, NBER, and CEPR Christian Moser | Columbia University Andrea Prat | Columbia University, NBER, and CEPR
May 2, 2024
Research
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The income/equality trade-off: Are richer states also more unequal?
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute Natalie Gubbay | Research Associate, Institute Nina Leo | Creative Director
April 15, 2024
Data
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The many dimensions of income inequality
Natalie Gubbay | Research Associate, Institute Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
April 15, 2024
Article
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Interview with Illenin Kondo: Flipping the script
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
April 15, 2024
Article
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The Geography of Opportunity: Education, Work, and Intergenerational Mobility Across US Counties
Fabian Eckert | University of California, San Diego Tatjana Kleineberg | World Bank
April 11, 2024
Research