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Distinguished Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary PolicyResearch by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson shows that immigration has supported high job growth without pushing up prices.
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Director - Center on Health Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesWe have never required a 64-year-old single widow who’s taking care of her grandchild to work in order to be able to receive SNAP benefits.”
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Fellow - Economic Studies, Associate Director - The Hamilton ProjectWilliam G. Gale explains why the U.S. credit rating was downgraded and what it means for the economy.
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The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy CenterMarta Wosińska provides insight on the scope and impacts of potential pharmaceutical tariffs
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Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Health PolicyMillennials are exactly at that age where they are building businesses, and they’re trying to make these businesses work … when you throw in a lot of macroeconomic risk, it just makes..."
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