Two California Lawmakers Want To Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks
It’s great when innovations let us work less, but top-down, inflexible government demands are not the way to get there.
It’s great when innovations let us work less, but top-down, inflexible government demands are not the way to get there.
Hispanics get slammed the hardest by licensing requirements that regulators can’t justify.
They've been practicing African-style hair braiding for a combined 60 years. Now, these three women are suing for the right to make a living using their skills.
Both Republicans and Democrats want to address poverty with big government.
Most of the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program went to business owners, not preserving jobs, according to a new study.
The pandemic isn't over, but the economy is over the pandemic. Politicians should take note.
Using "we" implies a collective responsibility, creates the false impression that most people are on board, and hints that we'll share equally in the benefits.
There is an obvious solution to America's ongoing workforce woes.
Phony outrage is used to deflect from bad policy decisions.
Economists predicted that we'd see 575,000 new jobs in November. A new Bureau of Labor Statistics report says only 210,000 were created.
Minimum wage laws priced young workers out of the market before the pandemic and may do so in the future.
Is the problem government cash or have we entered a new paradigm?
A panel has unanimously determined the First Amendment isn’t violated if state regulations keep independent writers from landing work.
We need more alternative paths to education and employment.
States that already had lower unemployment rates in May are more likely to have announced plans for ending the bonus unemployment payments.
"We went from agricultural poverty to a country characterized by middle-class prosperity."
It’s a jobs plan that isn’t about jobs, and an infrastructure plan that isn’t about infrastructure.
The H-2B visa allows foreign workers to fill jobs that native-born Americans aren't interested in.
Using the process of elimination, the culprit seems clear.
The spending plan demonstrates an unwillingness to govern and a preference for pandering to special interests.
Urban Democrats may be leading the charge, but Republicans, too, have enlisted.
The calls to implement such a plan are based on incorrect assumptions and a passive media.
The Restoring Board Immunity Act would give states yet another reason to rein in overzealous licensing authorities.
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With depressing job reports, why not eliminate more laws that keep people from doing jobs they want to do and people want to pay them to do?
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High unemployment benefits are getting the blame for disappointing job growth in the midst of a worker shortage
Destroying the ability of freelancers to make a living is union protectionism, not economic opportunity.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg admitted the mistake and walked back the administration's job creation promises on Monday night.
We don't need Biden's 21st century 'New Deal' to rebound.
In his speech on Wednesday, the president called for the passage of the PRO Act, a grab bag of policies that labor unions have been pushing Congress to pass for years.
The PRO Act would demolish the gig economy for the benefit of labor unions and would undermine right-to-work laws.
All professions deserve the same constitutional protections that speech-heavy industries get.
But the real reason why Democrats should abandon the effort to hike the federal minimum wage has nothing to do with arcane Senate rules or the filibuster.
Trump's trade policies caused "a lot of disruption and consternation," Tai said at one point during Thursday's hearing. "I want to accomplish similar goals in a more effective process."
Like so many well-intentioned policies, it hurts the people it's supposed to help.
Further evidence that tariffs simply don't make sense as trade policy. President Joe Biden should take note.
Five reasons why Trump's trade war didn't go the way he thought it would.
Staying isolated from family and friends is wrenchingly difficult, even when it’s the right thing to do.
Able to do our jobs from where we please, life for many of us will reflect a bit more of what we want rather than what we have to do to get by.
In a year that will be remembered for a deadly pandemic that shut down parts of the economy and cost millions of people their jobs, here's one silver lining.
If Trump loses his bid for re-election, it will be because Rust Belt voters abandoned him after four years of misguided economic policies.