What if Mothers Needed Licenses?
Do American mothers face labor market discrimination? The answer is yes, but not in the way most people think. With all the political theater surrounding the misleadingly-titled Paycheck Fairness Act,...
View ArticleSTEM Immigrants Raise American Wages and Increase Economic Growth
Immigrants in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields have been responsible for higher wages among American workers, according to a new National Bureau of Economic Analysis working...
View ArticleUnion-Backed “Day of Action” Will Hurt Teens
As teens get ready to look for summer jobs, worker centers are rallying to raise the minimum wage, making it harder for youngsters to find employment and more likely that they will spend their...
View ArticleTime for Wind to Stand on Its Own
Teaser: As the comptroller and chief financial officer of Texas, I worry about energy policy choices by policymakers that can have significant and adverse consequences. It seems to me that it is time...
View ArticleNothing Unpatriotic About Doughnuts to Dollars
Teaser: Obama can threaten corporations ad infinitum, but he can only stop inversions by encouraging Congress to reform the code so that U.S. multinationals have the same tax and investment advantages...
View Articlee21 Welcomes New Contributor Caroline Baum
Teaser: Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute is glad to announce that Caroline Baum will be joining as an e21 contributor beginning in October, writing two columns a month. Sign up for the e21...
View ArticleBlack Friday Letter from Richard Trumka
External URL: http://www.economics21.org/files/pdf/Trumka.pdf PDF Upload: Trumka.pdfSource: AFL-CIO Publication Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
View ArticleKroger UFCW Contract
External URL: http://www.economics21.org/files/pdf/Kroger%20Dayton%20&%20UFCW%2075%20x15.PDF PDF Upload: Kroger Dayton & UFCW 75 x15.PDFSource: UFCW Publication Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
View ArticleDoes Immigration Increase Economic Growth?
Teaser: The question of how many legal immigrants should be admitted to the United States—and what level of skills these immigrants should have—is among the most divisive issues in the current U.S....
View ArticleAmericans Work for the Government Until April 24
Teaser: Today the Tax Foundation announces its 2015 Tax Freedom Day. The date that Americans will have earned enough to pay their total annual tax burden falls on April 24—114 days into 2015. On...
View ArticleMillennials and the GOP: The Need to Restore Lost Economic Opportunity to...
Teaser: Testimony Submitted to the House Republican Policy Committee. The political party that can brand itself as the party of entrepreneurs and innovation is the party that will make headway towards...
View ArticleWho Owns the Rights to Mauna Kea?
Teaser: Many environmental and indigenous Hawaiian groups have organized protests against the construction of a new telescope recently approved by Governor David Ige. The State of Hawaii should let the...
View ArticleTestimony on Lower Labor Force Participation Rates
Read the full testimony here.External URL: http://www.economics21.org/files/pdf/Scott%20Testimony%207.15.2015_0.pdf PDF Upload: Scott Testimony 7.15.2015.pdfPublication Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
View ArticleThe Disparate Effect of Clean Power Plan Goals
Teaser: Inconsistencies in the new EPA rule.President Obama’s Clean Power Plan is either a bold step towards preserving the environment or an economy-crushing sledgehammer of a regulation, depending on...
View ArticleThe Unprecedented Debt Burdens Facing Millennials: Testimony Before the House...
External URL: http://www.economics21.org/files/pdf/HBC%20Testimony%20Meyer.pdf PDF Upload: HBC Testimony Meyer.pdfPublication Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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