Heather Boushey on Income Inequality and Automatic Stabilizers
Macro Musings with David Beckworth - Podcast autorstwa Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Poniedziałki
Heather Boushey is the executive director at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a think tank founded to accelerate cutting edge analysis into whether and how structural changes in the US economy affect economic growth. Heather recently co-edited a book titled, *Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy,* and she joins the show today to discuss it. David and Heather also discuss income inequality, automatic stabilizers for fiscal policy, and how monetary policy intersects with these issues.
Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/07082019/income-inequality-and-automatic-stabilizers
Heather’s Twitter: @HBoushey
Heather’s Equitable Growth profile: https://equitablegrowth.org/people/heather-boushey/
Related Links:
Equitable Growth’s funded research page: https://equitablegrowth.org/elevating-research/funded-research/
*Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy* by Heather Boushey, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ES_THP_AutomaticStabilizers_FullBook_web_20190513.pdf
*Public Infrastructure Investments, Productivity and Welfare in Fixed Geographic Areas* by Andrew Haughwout
https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr104.html
David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth
