Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a forum for research and writing on left-of-center economics which makes grants for university researchers. John Podesta, a Democratic operative who held senior positions in the Clinton and Obama White Houses, founded the Center in 2013, housing it at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a multi-issue liberal think tank he also founded.
Former CAP economist Heather Boushey serves as the Washington Center for Equitable Growth’s president.