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Labor Force

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Economy

Subsidies To Help Workers Would Hurt Poor People

Some people would benefit. Others would lose money or be rendered unemployable.

Veronique de Rugy | 12.15.2022 12:01 AM

German and European Union flags in front of the Reichstag Building in Berlin.

Immigration

Germany Is Planning To Reform Its Immigration Policies. The U.S. Should, Too.

With high job vacancies and a low birth rate, Germany is turning to the world to fill the holes in its economy.

Addie Mae Villas | 12.7.2022 4:30 PM

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Labor Unions

A Possible Railroad Strike During the Holiday Season Would Risk $2 Billion Per Day

Four of the 12 unions representing workers on America's freight rail lines have voted to reject a new contract.

Eric Boehm | 11.22.2022 4:10 PM

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Biden Administration

Drugs, Debt, and Masculinity

Plus: The editors wade into the conversation surrounding the modern dilemmas men face.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 10.10.2022 5:10 PM

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Unemployment

Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic

Even reduced immigration and job openings for miles aren't luring America's ever-growing workforce dropouts back in.

Matt Welch | 10.7.2022 10:58 AM

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Technology

Artificial Intelligence Will Change Jobs—For the Better

Rather than being replaced by A.I., humans should plan to work with it.

Jordan McGillis | 9.30.2022 12:15 PM

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Reason Roundup

Occupational Licensing Doesn't Mean Higher Quality Services

Plus: FIRE teams up with Ice-T, self-preferencing shouldn't be an antitrust offense, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.23.2022 9:30 AM

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Education

COVID-19 Gutted College Attendance. Now, a Solid Labor Market Is Convincing More High School Grads To Skip It.

The number of high school seniors going on to attend college has plummeted in the past two years, deepening the already steady decline.

Emma Camp | 8.16.2022 12:32 PM

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Immigration

The Feds Wasted 66,000 Green Cards in the Middle of a Worker Shortage

The immigration bureaucracy is worsening one of the tightest labor markets in recent American history.

Eric Boehm | 4.14.2022 11:30 AM

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Jobs

A Nation of Quitters?

The labor force participation rate doesn't tell the whole story.

Peter Suderman | 2.15.2022 6:30 AM

Immigration & Labor Shortage

Labor Force

Grocery Shelves Are Empty, but Immigration Waitlists Are Full

There is an obvious solution to America's ongoing workforce woes.

Natalie Dowzicky | 1.13.2022 2:25 PM

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Small Business

The Pandemic's Economic Impact Includes More Americans Starting Their Own Small Businesses

Though the American economy still looks bleak, there are silver linings.

Fiona Harrigan | 1.6.2022 7:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Congress Is Paying People a Lot of Money To Not Work

Though the unemployment insurance benefits boost eased the immediate pain of shuttering much of the economy, it made it harder to get things moving again.

Peter Suderman | 7.20.2020 6:00 AM

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Independent contractors

I Don't Want To Be Anybody's Employee

The push to reclassify independent contractors is harming many of the workers it's supposed to help.

Kim Kavin | 7.5.2020 6:00 AM

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Economics

Youth Unemployment Is Down, but Are Young People Actually Working?

Veronique de Rugy | 5.16.2019 6:00 AM

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