Jobs Are Everywhere. So Why Aren’t More Young People Working?
There is no better time to get into entry-level positions, especially outside major cities. But a lot of young adults don’t seem to realize how easy they have it right now.
Podcast: How Economists Influence Our Policymakers, Markets, And More
New York Times writer Binyamin Appelbaum joins Federalist Radio to discuss his new book, “The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society.”
Why Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Vote Trump In 2020
From reviving the steel industry to witnessing landmark foreign policy achievements, Trump embodies many of Sanders’s ideals.
Jeff Bezos Shrugs, Low-Skill Workers Lose Big From Amazon Pullout Of NYC
Contrary to leftist claims, when Amazon quits NYC, the real loser is not Jeff Bezos, but working-class New Yorkers, the very people that the left is supposedly fighting for.
AOC Is Right: Amazon’s Jobs Aren’t Worth $3 Billion In Corporate Welfare
Deals like the one struck between Amazon and New York showcase a national policy disease that rides the paychecks of individuals and small businesses across the country.
The Green New Deal’s Job Guarantee Rests On The Lie That People Can Escape Risk
This idea reflects a complete ignorance of the fact that wealth is created, not something that exists in stagnant perpetuity, and that jobs exist to generate that wealth.
Sorry, Marco Rubio, We’re Far Better Off Today Than When You Were A Kid
Politicians like Marco Rubio, who get sentimental about lunch pails and union shops, are exaggerating and exploiting the suffering of working Americans for political gain.
Why Nostalgia For The Old Lifetime Job Economy Is Misguided And Dangerous
We decry as oppressive a one-size-fits-all approach to almost everything else in life. Why insist we apply such a standard for our employment?
Why The Labor Market, Not Consumption, Is Central To Economic Prosperity
Oren Cass joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss wage stagnation, universal basic income, and why we need to reevaluate the importance of work.
Data: Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Gets Workers A Measly $10 More Per Week
Besides boosting their incomes merely $520 a year, minimum-wage employees also have had to take on second jobs to make up for losing hours due to artificially inflated wage costs.
Why Open Borders Are Bad For America’s Immigrants
In ‘Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders,’ Reihan Salam says America must make smart investments in alleviating global poverty as it moves toward a more skills-based immigration system.
Bernie Sanders Gets The Way To Raise Amazon Workers’ Salaries Exactly Backward
Sen. Bernie Sanders declared a win last week after Amazon announced that starting November 1 it will pay all its U.S. workers a minimum of $15 an hour.
Here’s Why Skilled Blue-Collar Work Is So Darned Fulfilling
The whole industry is powered by problems in need of solutions, and no two issues a worker encounters are the same.
President Trump’s Economic Recovery Proves America’s Freedom Still Has A Chance
While Jesse Kelly is absolutely right that economic failure and socialism are inexorably related, he is not correct that the United States is on an unstoppable path to this oblivion.
Study: The No. 1 Reason Any Americans Are Poor Is They’re Not Working
The No. 2 reason is making kids before marriage. This means not working and pre-marital childbearing are not just the two leading causes of U.S. poverty, but almost the only causes of U.S. poverty.
What Life In Communist China Taught Me About Bernie Sanders’ Guaranteed Jobs
No government can equitably divide what it does not first control. And controlling the economy also requires controlling the rest of society.
Democrats’ Universal Job Plan Would Be A Socialist Disaster
Bernie Sanders is set to announce a socialist plan that guarantees every American “who wants or needs one’ a lifetime government job.
While Celebrities Slam Trump, Jobs Grow Across America, Especially For Minorities
The same people whom rail on Trump for every perceived social justice slight fail to recognize the financial prosperity this administration has ushered in for minority groups.
How Being Laid Off Taught Me We Need To Reform Unemployment Subsidies
Being unemployed has given me a fresh perspective on how the Social Security disability program may especially hurt those suffering from mood disorders.
Watching The 1950s ‘What’s My Line?’ Will Challenge Your Assumptions About Humanity
Just by watching an old game show, we meet a way of thinking about the world that is noticeably different from our own.
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