EconomyCommentary
One Step Lawmakers Could Take to Boost Job Creation
For the last 30 years start-ups have been steadily declining as a share of total businesses in the U.S. This is especially worrisome given that… Read More
SocietyFeature
The Kitchen of Second Chances
For Marianne Ali, life started simply enough. Born to a big, “pretty normal” family in Glenarden, Md., Ali remembers helping her mother cook dinner for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even Obama Would Love This: Pat Boone Intros Car on ‘Shark Tank’
You can now add “entrepreneur” to entertainer Pat Boone’s repertoire. While most Americans know him as singer, actor and sometimes political activist, they may be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong When He Claims Minimum Wage Hikes Don’t Cost Jobs
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote today about the relationship between minimum wage hikes and jobs. “There’s just no evidence that raising the minimum… Read More
EconomyCommentary
June Unemployment Rate Drop Can Be Explained by Americans Dropping Out of Work Force
Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report showed solid but not spectacular labor market growth in June. The payroll survey showed net employment jumping by… Read More
EconomyNews
Rhode Island Hikes Minimum Wage for the Fourth Time in Four Years
Rhode Island lawmakers have approved legislation that will raise the state’s minimum wage. The Ocean State will increase its hourly wage from $9 to $9.60… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How This Financial Habit of Millennials Could Increase Inequality
Recent polling shows a big majority of Americans think it will be more difficult for this generation of millennials to achieve the American dream of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Liberals Manipulate Data About the Minimum Wage
Does the U.S.-Canadian speed gap bother you? Americans can drive no faster than 65 on Massachusetts highways. Meanwhile Canadian motorists zip along at speeds of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Lie Obama Keeps Repeating About the Poor in America
President Obama recently acknowledged what every sane person knows to be true: The best anti-poverty program is a job. Obama said this at a recent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How to Persuade Successful Inventors to Immigrate to the US: Lower Taxes
Evidence of a “Brain Drain” from countries with high top tax rates and a “Brain Gain” to countries with low top tax rates comes from… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Labor Department Overtime Regulations Will Kill Flexible Schedules for Employees, Not Jobs
New Labor Department regulations will soon require employers to pay overtime to many salaried workers. The administration bills this as a way to raise wages;… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama’s Economy Is Unusually Slow. Here’s How to Fix It.
The U.S. economy shrank by 0.7 percent last quarter, according to a revised estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The contraction may be a temporary… Read More
EconomyNews
Study: Only 33 U.S. Cities Have Recovered From Recession
Americans might have jobs, but they probably aren’t getting raises. In spite of the unemployment rate falling to its lowest level since 2008, wage growth… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Is the Share of Prime-Age People Working Full Time Still So Low?
In 2009, the percentage of prime working-age U.S. residents who work 35 hours or more per week plunged to a 24-year low. Six years later,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Facebook’s Requirement for Higher Wages, Paid Leave Is Good, but a Government Mandate Isn’t
Facebook recently announced plans to require its vendors to pay workers at least $15 per hour, offer at least 15 days of paid vacation and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Hourly Compensation Has Grown By 69% Since 1972
Have average wages for American workers grown since 1972? Absolutely—and only a reliance on measures with well-documented flaws can show otherwise. First, look around you:… Read More
EconomyCommentary
April Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ April jobs report contained modestly encouraging economic news. The payroll survey showed employers added just under a quarter million net… Read More
EconomyFeature
What Every 2015 College Graduate Should Know
I’m four months out of college, living halfway across the country from where I grew up. I graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Fewer Americans Are Working Two Jobs
Is a job a necessity or an opportunity? Earlier this month, Dylan Matthews provocatively challenged the bipartisan tradition of praising work. In Matthews’ view, work… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Are Many Former Workers Not Even Applying for Job Openings?
There was good news this month: private-sector job openings rose slightly in February, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Openings rose… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Is There a Real Wage Gap Between Men and Women?
The National Committee on Pay Equity designated Tuesday, April 14 as Equal Pay Day to raise awareness for the gender wage gap. The committee and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Barbra Streisand Thinks the Obama Economy Is Great. What She’s Missing.
Poor Barbra Streisand. Just last month the renowned economist (who also describes herself as a “singer,” “actress,” and “activist”) penned an opinion piece titled “Have You… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the Obama Economy, a Decline in Teen Workers
Teenagers who work enjoy numerous benefits. As Ron Lieber argues in his new book, “The Opposite of Spoiled,” they learn how to appropriately handle bosses,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Are So Many Employers Unable to Fill Jobs?
The great conundrum of the U.S. economy today is that we have record numbers of working age people out of the labor force at the… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
What the Domino’s CEO Would Change on Taxes, Obamacare
Here’s a question that has been puzzling Patrick Doyle, the CEO of Domino’s, for months, as he puts it: “How do we list the calorie content of… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
What Percent of 75-Year-Olds Are Still Working?
One of the major trends in the U.S. workforce during the early 21st century is seniors’ expanding participation in the labor force. People who qualify… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
In February, Jobs Added and Unemployment Rate Dropped
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment report found robust economic growth continued in February. Employers added 295,000 net new jobs while unemployment dropped to 5.5… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Patricia Arquette’s ‘Make Believe’ on Women and Equal Pay
The political diatribe from actress Patricia Arquette about “equal pay” during the Oscars showed Hollywood’s talents for “story-telling” and “make believe” are alive and well…. Read More
EconomyNews
Do Your Income and Debt Levels Affect the Length of Your Life? This Map Suggests So.
Do your income and debt levels play a role in the length of your life? Researchers at Debt.com were curious after seeing previous academic research… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Wal-Mart’s Giving Raises. How That Shows the Market Works.
Wal-Mart is giving employees a raise. Wal-Mart announced today that it would spend $1 billion to raise the wages for 500,000 workers. Current employees will… Read More
