Washington’s well of common sense ran dry this summer, and the rest of the country suffered a labor drought as a result.
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A Summer Labor Drought Continues
Tag Archives: Labor
Washington Loses Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart’s unshocking decision to break a promise it made to Washington, D.C.
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Reducing Needless Professional Licensing
President Obama and Koch Industries executives agree that too many professions require licenses that block new entrants.
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Seattle’s Medieval Labor Law
A new Seattle law purports to offer ride-share drivers a union, but in fact, it would establish a medieval-style guild.
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Who Pays For A Higher Minimum Wage?
If you raise the price of goods, or labor, it isn’t the wealthy who feel the pain.
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In Politics, Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud
Wal-Mart is coming to the nation’s capital, but D.C. youth must pay a political price.
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D.C. Fires At Wal-Mart And Wounds Itself
Unemployment for teenagers and part-timers is not a side effect of “living wage” laws. Eliminating low-wage labor is the goal.
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The Best Tax Law Money Can Buy
When I was studying taxes in business school, I occasionally came across a law that just didn’t make sense to …
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The Tax Reform Bonus
If raises and bonuses attributed to the corporate tax cut are a publicity stunt, workers are likely to say, ‘Sign me up!’
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