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The Hamilton Project at Brookings produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans.
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Over recent decades, poverty rates have fallen considerably, and health care coverage has expanded markedly. A new paper from Bob Greenstein examines the role the safety net played: hamiltonproject.org/publication/pa…
Proposed cuts to safety net programs could roll back decades of progress on reducing poverty. Bob Greenstein joins The Brookings Institution’s The Current podcast to explain: brookings.edu/articles/what-…
Congress is facing a choice on the Child Tax Credit, Bob Greenstein writes: Will they adopt lower-cost CTC changes that benefit children in low-income working families, or higher-cost changes that largely exclude them? hamiltonproject.org/publication/po…
A striking admission in Trump officials’ work requirements NYT op-ed: many working ppl who “work inconsistently throughout the year” will lose Medicaid & SNAP New The Hamilton Project brief by @LizAnanat, Anna Gassman-Pines, Olivia Howard shows this is true - and why hamiltonproject.org/publication/po… 1/
Many low-income workers work in occupations with volatile wages and hours. Work requirements fail to acknowledge this volatility, penalizing even workers averaging 80+ hours monthly, Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard write. brookings.edu/articles/work-…
Important point on the '80 hours a month' Medicaid requirements cutting health care for those who do work but can't control their hours. The Hamilton Project found a third of workers who work that amount overall would still be vulnerable to losing health care: hamiltonproject.org/publication/po…
SNAP not only helps to provide a basic need—resources to put food on the table—but it also helps stabilize and stimulate the economy. Lauren Bauer and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach explain how the budget bill in front of the Senate could undermine that: hamiltonproject.org/publication/po…
The House budget bill restricts states’ abilities to waive work requirements for SNAP when jobs are hard to find. These interactive charts and maps from The Hamilton Project illustrate which counties could be most impacted: brook.gs/3T7SFzn
Changes in social programs over recent decades have markedly reduced poverty rates and the number of uninsured Americans, Jared Bernstein writes, citing work from Bob Greenstein: econjared.substack.com/p/the-conserva… hamiltonproject.org/publication/pa…
In a new New York Times Opinion piece, Hamilton Project Advisory Council members and former Treasury secretaries Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers share their thoughts on the budget bill and the nation’s fiscal trajectory: nytimes.com/2025/07/02/opi…
Who is participating in the labor market? Who is not participating in the labor market, and why not? Aviva Aron-Dine, Lauren Bauer, and Eileen Powell offer seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation: hamiltonproject.org/publication/ec…