Another Illegal Power Grab From the FTC
Banning noncompete agreements goes well beyond the FTC's legal authority.
Banning noncompete agreements goes well beyond the FTC's legal authority.
A Cato Institute policy brief found that while licensed occupations see a nice bump in pay, licensing requirements lower wages for other similar occupations.
State Rep. Matt Haney says he wants to attract workers back to California. But his "right to disconnect" legislation would likely scare businesses away.
A similar law in California had disastrous consequences.
As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.
These handouts will flow to businesses—often big and rich—for projects they would likely have taken on anyway.
The president wants to raise the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, despite it being well-established that this is the most economically-destructive method to raise government funds.
Much-desired flexibility for gig workers is in jeopardy.
Virginia’s barrier crime law limits employment prospects for ex-offenders, who often find their way back into the penal system when they can’t find work.
Despite the popular narrative, Millennials have dramatically more wealth than Gen Xers had at the same age, and incomes continue to grow with each new generation.
The policy is a true budget buster and is ineffective in the long term.
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Self-employment in California fell by 10.5 percent and overall employment tumbled by 4.4 percent after A.B. 5's implementation.
Big government has been ruinous for millions of people. Charities aren't perfect, but they are much more efficient and effective.
In-state tuition isn’t enough if they can’t work legally.
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
The best reforms would correct the real problems of overcriminalization and overincarceration, as well as removing all artificial barriers to building more homes.
"These policies are motivated by good intentions. But that doesn't mean that the consequences of these policies will turn out well."
The big spending has fueled higher inflation, resulted in larger-than-projected deficits, and contributed to a record level of debt.
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It's a short-sighted approach that distracts us from the more important question.
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The Dirty Jobs host is freaked out by the number of men who have dropped out of the workplace.
The country's favorite blue-collar champion calls attention to the 'skills gap' and asks why young men spend so much time online.
It's a familiar program. And it will result in higher prices, slower growth, and fewer jobs.
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BlueCross BlueShield allegedly fired an employee for "email[ing] Tennessee state legislators with her concerns and grievances regarding vaccine mandates."
The state is the latest of several in recent months that have moved to eliminate college degree requirements for the vast majority of state government jobs.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
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A bipartisan solution to degree inflation
In 10 years, the programs' funds will be insolvent. Over the next 30 years, they will run a $116 trillion shortfall.
The higher taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs could slow growth. Less opportunity means more tribalism and division.
While the population has grown, the number of college students has declined in the past decade.
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"If I would have gone to college after school, I would be dead broke," one high school graduate told the A.P.
The state will fast-track applicants who have out-of-state credentials or experience.
Like California’s ruinous A.B. 5, the proposal would greatly harm freelance employment.
In 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.
While not a cure-all, universal recognition reduces the costs and time commitments of mandated training.
The Commission's lone dissenter says Congress has not charged it with regulating noncompete clauses.
Justice Richard Bernstein said Pete Martel's hiring as clerk was unacceptable because "I'm intensely pro-law enforcement."
We’d all be better off if politicians spared us their experiments in subsidies, wages, and trade.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.