Building an Economy for All
Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans, not just those at the top, benefit from growth.
What We're Working On
What We're Doing
Investing in a stronger and more equitable economy
We must continue to invest in research, technology, and innovation in a manner that ensures participation and benefits communities that are too often left behind. Only through such an approach can the United States remain at the cutting edge in an increasingly competitive global market.
Strengthening worker power and economic mobility
We need to increase wages, reduce poverty among working families, increase worker power, and create pathways to economic mobility for all.
Raising the floor for basic living standards
Working toward a stronger and more equitable economy for everyone involves rebuilding, expanding, and strengthening America’s social safety net to make it more comprehensive in eligibility and services as well as more flexible in how it can be accessed and used.
Creating a new social compact with business
A new social compact with business includes a regulatory vision that better aligns investors, companies, and the public interest on critical matters such as climate, workers’ rights, and equality.
By the numbers
60M
The families of more than 60 million children have received CTC monthly payments since July 2021.
CAP, “Making the CTC and EITC Expansions Permanent Would Reduce Poverty and Grow the Economy” (2021).
$100
In 32 states, a typical family would save more than $100 per week on child care under the Build Back Better Act.
CAP, “The Build Back Better Act Would Greatly Lower Families’ Child Care Costs” (2021).
$22.5B
In a year, workers and their families lose $22.5 billion in wages due to lack of access to paid family and medical leave.
CAP, “A Real Recovery for Women Cannot Happen Without the Build Back Better Agenda” (2021).
$3.6T
The Build Back Better Act would raise $3.6 trillion in revenue to support investments in an inclusive, high-growth economy.
CAP, “Addressing Tax System Failings That Favor Billionaires and Corporations” (2021).
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Lessons From New Zealand’s New Sectoral Bargaining Law
3 Antitrust Lessons From the Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle
The Benefits of Skills-Based Hiring for the State and Local Government Workforce
Ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers would benefit everyone
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Lessons From New Zealand’s New Sectoral Bargaining Law
Unions and policymakers in New Zealand are seeking a solution to address stagnant wages, rising economic inequality, and low productivity after the failures of worksite-only bargaining—and the United States can learn from their efforts.
3 Antitrust Lessons From the Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle
Ticketmaster’s bungling of Taylor Swift tickets illustrates the importance of market competition and vigorous antitrust enforcement.
The Benefits of Skills-Based Hiring for the State and Local Government Workforce
Skills-based practices can spur an equitable recovery in the state and local government workforce by ensuring that positions are open to all qualified applicants.
Ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers would benefit everyone
As voters in Portland, Maine, and Washington, D.C., prepare to head to the ballot box to decide whether to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers, Justin Schweitzer explains why all workers—tipped and untipped—should be paid at least the state minimum wage.
GOP Members of Congress Threaten Debt Limit Default To Cut Social Security and Medicare
Several minority leaders in Congress indicate that holding the debt limit hostage to force program cuts in Social Security and Medicare is part of their 2023 playbook.
Congress should prioritize families over corporate tax breaks
Jean Ross urges lawmakers to prioritize the child tax credit over corporate tax breaks.
Without Congressional Action, Puerto Rico Faces Severe Medicaid Funding Cuts
Already long underfunded, Puerto Rico will lose critical federal funding in December.
The Resilient Labor Market Can Still Make a Continued Recovery
The Federal Reserve must be careful not to kill the strong job market.
Keeping Americans with disabilities from poverty must remain a priority
Mia Ives-Rublee discusses how the Supplemental Security Income program helped her overcome the structural barriers to employment and economic security that millions of disabled people experience and urges lawmakers to strengthen the program.
How Biden’s American-Style Industrial Policy Will Create Quality Jobs
The Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are key pillars of a transformative industrial policy platform.
Child Tax Credit Improvements Must Come Before Corporate Tax Breaks
To sustain recent reductions in child poverty, Congress should prioritize improvements to the child tax credit over corporate tax breaks in year-end tax negotiations.
Affordable housing was already hard to find in Florida — and then came Hurricane Ian
David Ballard explains how Hurricane Ian exacerbated the affordable housing shortage in Florida.