Income Inequality & Social Mobility

China

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Ryan Hass, Kevin Dong, Jude Blanchette, and Briana Boland

Monday, May 16, 2022

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Who you know: The role of social capital in uplifting young Americans

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

A pedestrian looks at cherry blossoms in front of an apartment building just after the Spring equinox, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 22, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. With nearly 550,000 confirmed deaths to COVID-19 in America, vaccination rates are going up and nearly 25% of Americans have received at least one dose of a vaccine. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How We Rise

Economic disparities in the Washington, D.C. metro region provide opportunities for policy action

Camille Busette and Samantha Elizondo

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Profits and the pandemic: Building a more equitable model of capitalism

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Reports

Report

The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being

Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, Elaine Maag, Yung Chun, Laura Brugger, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

A protester waves a flag on an empty road during a protest against a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 9, 2012. Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across Africa's top oil producing nation on Monday, launching an indefinite nationwide strike to protest against the axing of fuel subsidies. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Belinda Archibong, Tom Moerenhout, and Evans Osabuohien

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Report

The state of the Sustainable Development Goals in the United States

Anthony F. Pipa, Krista Rasmussen, and Kait Pendrak

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

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Financial Institutions

The Treasury Option: How the US can achieve the financial inclusion benefits of a CBDC now

Howell Jackson and Timothy G. Massad

Thursday, March 10, 2022

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Report

Build brains better: A proposal for a White House Brain Capital Council to accelerate post-COVID recovery and resilience

Walter D. Dawson, Carol Graham, Erin Smith, Virginia Bennett, Carolee Lee, Geoff Ling, Sandra Bond Chapman, Bruce L. Miller, Thomas Insel, Brad Herbert, Rebecca Brune, and Harris A. Eyre

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Unconditional free college tuition, productivity of maternal childcare, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

July 26, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: A Black Lives Matter protester holds "Black Lives Matter" sign during a rally at Nubian Square in Boston. (Photo by Keiko Hiromi/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Up Front

Can protests lead to meaningful changes in government policy, particularly around economic redistribution?

Belinda Archibong

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

People gather for a candlelight vigil against gun violence in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, July 3, 2015. Extra police patrols and long shifts were not enough to prevent nine deaths and about 50 injuries from gun violence in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, when homicides jump almost every year. Chicago, with 2.7 million people, is the most violent large city in the United States, with poverty, segregation, dozens of small street gangs, and a pervasive gun culture all contributing to the problem. Picture taken July 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young

How We Rise

Preventing gun violence takes more than police

Howard Henderson and Denise Brown

Thursday, March 31, 2022

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Experts

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Podcast Episode

Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, October 22, 2021

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Industrial decline and the rise of populists in Russia, the U.S., and Britain

Fiona Hill and David Dollar

Monday, October 11, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

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Reports

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

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State of Black businesses: Resilience in the face of a pandemic

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Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Technology Innovation

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative