Showing posts with label Labor Laws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labor Laws. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2026

Hodgepodge for Week of August 24, 2026: Deportation, Head Start, LGB v. T, Occupational Licensing

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It's been a busy week for me, but there is still plenty going on in the world. I don't have the time to give it the full treatment, ...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

From Job Loss to Automation: There Is a Real Price of Minimum Wage Laws

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I have found fewer economic topics that have been more divisive for economists than the minimum wage debate. For advocates, it is a moral an...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Morocco's Jobless Trap: When High Taxes, Labor Laws, and Corruption Stifle Economic Opportunity

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Morocco is a country with such vibrant cities as Fez and Tangier, a diverse geography, a rich culture, a wealth of historic sites, and has b...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Let's Hope Biden's So-Called "Infrastructure Plan" Doesn't Become Law

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Last month, Congress and the White House enacted a $1.9 trillion so-called relief bill in which there was little relief to be found . Let...
Friday, March 26, 2021

Can a Four-Day Workweek Succeed?

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Economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long-run, we are all dead. He also predicted that his grandchildren and their contemporaries...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Biden's Federal Minimum Wage of $15 Per Hour Would Be an Economic Mishap

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said that one of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs based on intentions...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

2020 State Ballot Hodgepodge: Florida Minimum Wage, Illinois Income Tax Reform, California Gig Economy, and Marijuana Legalization

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One of the things I enjoy most about election season is not the presidential election hullabaloo or even when you have Supreme Court justice...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Illinois' Attempt to Ban Self-Service Gas Stations: Why I'm Not Pumped About This Misguided Overregulation

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I have complained about my home state, Illinois, on here before. I have pointed out how the State's budgetary mismanagement is so nightm...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

California's Gig Economy Bill Will Cost Consumers and the Employees It Was Meant to Help

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In September 2019, the State of California signed Assembly Bill (AB) 5 , more colloquially known as the Gig Economy Bill, into law. What AB ...
Friday, November 1, 2019

California Provides an Argument Against Mandated Paid Family Leave

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At least in a U.S.-based context, California is known as a state that is at the forefront of trying policies that are heralded by the Left. ...
Monday, August 13, 2018

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Thoughts on Government's Role in Job-Training Programs

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In 2013, President Obama signed into law what would be known as Workforce and Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The WIOA replaced its p...
Monday, March 19, 2018

"Ban the Box" Laws: Should Employers Ask About Criminal Background at the Beginning of a Job Interview Process?

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If someone commits a crime, I believe not only that people should be held responsible for their actions, but that the punishment should be p...