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When Americans look ahead to 2050, they see a country that in many respects will be worse than it is today.
In nearly all of the 44 advanced economies we analyzed, consumer prices have risen substantially since pre-pandemic times.
Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
The food stamp program is one of the larger federal social welfare initiatives, and in its current form has been around for nearly six decades.
Third-quarter 2021 inflation was higher in nearly all (39) of the 46 nations analyzed than in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019.
A recent Center survey focused on gig platform work. Here is more information about how we crafted the survey and what we learned from it.
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
Putting minimum wage policy in the hands of lawmakers is one of several ways in which the U.S. approach stands apart from other countries.
Here’s how the COVID-19 recession is affecting labor force participation and unemployment among American workers a year after its onset.
El Salvador experienced a 40% drop in remittances in April 2020 compared with April 2019, the largest decline among the six nations analyzed.
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