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Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More
The EITC and CTC effectively deliver over $180 billion in aid annually and could still be improved
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November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Tax Credits and the Safety Net: Proven Tools That Could Do Even More www.briefingbook.info/p/tax-credit...
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model www.briefingbook.info/p/delivering...
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model
From Self-Financing to Public Investment in National Infrastructure
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October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delivering the Future: Why the Postal Service Needs a New Model www.briefingbook.info/p/delivering...
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing www.briefingbook.info/p/los-angele...
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing
Survey data from Los Angeles also show that a majority of residents support new building in their neighborhoods
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September 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Los Angeles Shows That the Private Sector Can Develop Affordable Housing www.briefingbook.info/p/los-angele...
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think www.briefingbook.info/p/the-econom...
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think
The fiscal challenges of an aging population matter, but the innovation and progress that could be lost in a shrinking world matter even more
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September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Economic Case for Higher Birth Rates Is Bigger than You Think www.briefingbook.info/p/the-econom...
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared www.briefingbook.info/cp/171234316
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared
A newly viral chart showing native-born employment levels is a multiple-count data felony. Focus instead on the native-born unemployment rate.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared www.briefingbook.info/cp/171234316
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs www.briefingbook.info/p/how-cuts-t...
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs
Small business owners and the self-employed rely on the marketplaces, and coverage is about to become less affordable
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August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs www.briefingbook.info/p/how-cuts-t...
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security
Would the rescue work?
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July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
Brave New World www.briefingbook.info/p/brave-new-...
Brave New World
What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
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July 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Brave New World www.briefingbook.info/p/brave-new-...
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money www.briefingbook.info/p/the-prolif...
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money
Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money www.briefingbook.info/p/the-prolif...
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud www.briefingbook.info/p/the-real-i...
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud
Strengthening the program’s future will require balancing tradeoffs of increasing revenue and reducing benefits
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June 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud www.briefingbook.info/p/the-real-i...
Quick hits: Interesting links www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
Quick hits: Interesting links
Student loans, unions, tariffs, and more
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June 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Quick hits: Interesting links www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
The Heart of the Deal www.briefingbook.info/p/the-heart-...
The Heart of the Deal
Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
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June 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Heart of the Deal www.briefingbook.info/p/the-heart-...
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill www.briefingbook.info/p/comparing-...
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Analysis shows that the bill would weaken US economic, fiscal and institutional resilience
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May 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill www.briefingbook.info/p/comparing-...
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do www.briefingbook.info/p/why-do-som...
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do
Policy matters, but don't forget the fundamentals
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May 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do www.briefingbook.info/p/why-do-som...
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs www.briefingbook.info/p/the-econom...
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs
Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices by 5.4% and lower real income by 0.8%. They hurt close U.S. allies much more than the Chinese economy.
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April 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs www.briefingbook.info/p/the-econom...
Cutting Medicaid is a Risky Move for Republicans www.briefingbook.info/p/cutting-me...
Cutting Medicaid Is A Risky Move for Republicans
Medicaid has grown by 8.46 million or 32% in Red Districts Since 2013
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April 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Cutting Medicaid is a Risky Move for Republicans www.briefingbook.info/p/cutting-me...
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins www.briefingbook.info/p/neither-st...
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins
Bills moving through Congress would leave consumers and taxpayers exposed to volatile crypto products
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March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Neither stable nor genius: the misguided legislative attempt to regulate stablecoins www.briefingbook.info/p/neither-st...
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality www.briefingbook.info/p/deliberate...
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality
The new State of Working America Data Library shows the latest trends in productivity, wages, labor markets, unionization and CEO pay
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March 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Deliberate policy decisions have disempowered workers and increased labor market inequality www.briefingbook.info/p/deliberate...
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden - this matters for future policy design www.briefingbook.info/p/highway-in...
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden – this matters for future policy design
Data sources vary, but the most relevant data source suggests that highway spending, adjusted for inflation, declined. If true, we should rethink federal infrastructure funding in times of distress.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Highway investment probably didn’t go up under Biden - this matters for future policy design www.briefingbook.info/p/highway-in...
Has U.S. infrastructure investment really declined? www.briefingbook.info/p/has-us-inf...
Has U.S. infrastructure investment really declined?
The devil is in the deflator, and most deflators show it has risen since 2019
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February 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Has U.S. infrastructure investment really declined? www.briefingbook.info/p/has-us-inf...
No delusions: Bidenomics wasn’t perfect, but it did many great things (cross-posted to Briefing Book) open.substack.com/pub/econjare...
No delusions: Bidenomics wasn't perfect, but it did many great things
Responding to Jason Furman
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February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
No delusions: Bidenomics wasn’t perfect, but it did many great things (cross-posted to Briefing Book) open.substack.com/pub/econjare...
Population adjustments will cause the next jobs report to be misinterpreted and misconstrued www.briefingbook.info/p/population...
Population adjustments will cause the next jobs report to be misinterpreted and misconstrued
The recent surge in immigration made the household survey especially hard to interpret, but if historical data were revised, we’d see that the labor force has grown smoothly and steadily
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February 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Population adjustments will cause the next jobs report to be misinterpreted and misconstrued www.briefingbook.info/p/population...
Beyond the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Why It’s Time to Rethink Business Taxation www.briefingbook.info/p/beyond-the...
Beyond the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Why It’s Time to Rethink Business Taxation
Corporate integration would make business taxes simpler, fairer, and more efficient
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January 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Beyond the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Why It’s Time to Rethink Business Taxation www.briefingbook.info/p/beyond-the...
Digging into post-election partisan shifts in consumer sentiment www.briefingbook.info/p/digging-in...
Digging into post-election partisan shifts in consumer sentiment
Republicans expect to be doing better personally even as Trump’s agenda risks reigniting inflation, everyone’s top concern
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January 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Digging into post-election partisan shifts in consumer sentiment www.briefingbook.info/p/digging-in...