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Property tax inquality
Yet another source of inequality: Property taxes
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
July 28, 2020
Article
Neel Kashkari, Alan Page: Our push for an education amendment has only gotten more relevant
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-) Alan Page | Minnesota Supreme Court Justice (ret)
July 13, 2020
Article
Staff Reports
College Tuition and Income Inequality
Zhifeng Cai Jonathan Heathcote | Monetary Advisor
July 9, 2020
Research
Institute paper key images
The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation
Carlos Avenancio-León | Indiana University Troup Howard | Visiting Scholar, Institute
July 6, 2020
Research
Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari at NABE event "Race, Mobility, and Fairness in the U.S. Economy"
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
Speech on June 30, 2020
Speech
Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari at Rural Equitable Development Forum
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
Speech on June 17, 2020
Speech
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
President Kashkari’s New York Times interview on racism and the economy
June 17, 2020
Article
Introducing What works in community investment, key image
Introducing What works in community investment
Ben Horowitz | Senior Project Manager, Community Development
June 5, 2020
Article
Staff Reports
The Rise of US Earnings Inequality: Does the Cycle Drive the Trend?
Jonathan Heathcote | Monetary Advisor Fabrizio Perri | Assistant Director and Monetary Advisor Giovanni L. Violante | Princeton University, CEPR, IFS, IZA, and NBER
June 4, 2020
Research
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COVID inequality
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
June 3, 2020
Article
Staff Reports
Monopolies Inflict Great Harm on Low- and Middle-Income Americans
James A. Schmitz, Jr. | Senior Research Economist
May 15, 2020
Research
COVID-19: Another strain for minority-, women-, and veteran-owned firms key image
COVID-19: Another strain for minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned firms
Ronald A. Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
May 11, 2020
Article