Publication
Cash at the State Level: Guaranteed Income Through the Child Tax Credit
Eleven states have passed refundable CTCs ranging in value from $300 to $1,750 per eligible child.
Phenomenal World Event: Varieties of Derisking
On industrial policy, state capacity, macrofinance, and the green transition.
We Take Mumbucas: Charting the Complementary Currency That’s Transforming a Brazilian City
A new report by Andrea Gama and interactive visualization from Francis Tseng.
Part of the series Social Wealth Seminar
The Repayment Pause and the Continuing Crisis of Non-Repayment
Part 12 in the Millennial Student Debt Series, this report analyzes student loan repayment during the pandemic repayment moratorium.
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
The Polycrisis in the news
The Polycrisis returns to the New York Times.
New Phenomenal World series: Market Microstructures
JFI Fellow Elham Saeidinezhad has launched a new series on Phenomenal World consisting of interviews with market-makers and analysis of...
Municipal Bank of LA: Interactive Balance Sheet Simulator
The simulator enables the public to allocate resources among the proposed public bank lending programs, testing cost and profit assumptions...
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
Municipal Bank of LA: Clean Energy Portfolio Options
Paired with new federal incentives through the Inflation Reduction Act, this briefing covers ways a public bank could crucially accelerate...
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
Municipal Bank of LA: Financial Justice Portfolio Options
This briefing analyzes innovative financing mechanisms that could help employees purchase small businesses from a "silver tsunami" of retiring owners...
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
Municipal Bank of LA: Democratic Governance Frameworks
A briefing by Michael McCarthy of the Berggruen Institute on deliberative democracy for public finance and investment.
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
Municipal Bank of LA: Housing Solutions and Portfolio Options
An analysis of how a public bank in Los Angeles could support the city’s broader infrastructure, housing, and sustainability...
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
Discussion: Europe and the “New Washington Consensus”
A discussion on Europe and the Inflation Reduction Act, hosted by Le Grand Continent and Phenomenal World.
What a Public Bank Can Do for L.A. and Its People
A summary analysis of lending programs that create more affordable housing, empower worker ownership of small business, and accelerate the...
Part of the series Municipal Public Banking
The Polycrisis in the New York Times
"Incisively documenting the emerging shape of this 'new nonalignment.'”
Now Hiring: Phenomenal World Publishing and Operations Associate
Full time position. Based in New York. Portuguese or Spanish fluency strongly preferred.
Director of Research Sidhya Balakrishnan in Gothamist
Balakrishnan spoke to Gothamist about New York City's increasing number of cash-assistance programs.
Announcing Phenomenal World Books
A new publishing collaboration from Phenomenal World and the University of Chicago Press.
Student Debt and Young America in 2022 – Annual Report and Data Comparison Tool
The annual report provides a full analysis of the state of student debt in 2022—and what it could look like...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
Revisiting the Child Tax Credit for the Lame Duck Session: Comparing Parameters for Anti-Poverty Impacts
JFI researchers review recent CTC proposals and simulate the effects of varying key reforms that increase the policy's anti-poverty impacts,...
Part of the series Policy Microsimulations
The Polycrisis in the New York Times
The Polycrisis is Phenomenal World's new climate newsletter written by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay.
The Distribution of Student Debtors: Data, Narrative, and Debt Cancellation
The report analyzes demographic distributions of student debt burdens and repayment, providing a counterpoint to narratives that suggest the wealthy...
Part of the series Millennial Student Debt
The Political Economy of Guaranteed Income: Where Do We Go From Here?
This paper is the fourth and final in a series on “Getting to Guaranteed Income,” analyzing the research to date...
Part of the series From Idea to Reality: Getting to Guaranteed Income
Research Brief: Migration and Housing Inflation, by Paul Williams
How rents impacted pandemic migrations, and migrations shape rent growth
Phenomenal World event: Diminishing Returns
Virtual event June 22, 2022 at 4pm ET