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Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon exposes a bad public policy idea. Economists nationwide oppose Democrats’ efforts to raise the federal minimum wage to $15, saying it would increase…
Viewers of Amy Cooke’s weekly “The Right AOC on Point” videos recently learned about Pearce’s Law, the political maxim that Democratic politicians can’t say what they really believe and still…
David Harsanyi writes at National Review Online that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is underperforming his 2016 predecessor. On October 20, 2016: Hillary Clinton was up 6.8 in the RealClearPolitics…
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a recent analysis of one economic policy proposal from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. One of Joe Biden’s top economic policy priorities…
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief focusing on economists’ prevailing views surrounding the minimum wage. Sander’s brief draws on findings from this year’s minimum wage report from…
There is a great deal of public discussion right now about the minimum wage. Democrats and activists want to raise it, and they have settled on the arbitrary figure of…
Although our local media seem not to realize it, one subject that economists are in greatest agreement over is the negative unintended consequences of the minimum wage.
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon examines support for increases in the government-mandated minimum wage. Out-of-state interests from the labor community are the main drivers behind several state ballot…
Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon highlights interesting information about congressional supporters of a $15 minimum wage. The majority of lawmakers sponsoring legislation to raise the minimum wage to…
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Very People They’re Supposed to Help. In 2013 President Barack Obama joined Democrats in Congress pushing for an increase of the federal minimum wage to…
Of course, that’s not the goal. But that’s the likely consequence of new workplace rules adopted in Seattle, as reported by Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon. Seattle became…
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a new analysis of Maine’s proposed $12 per hour minimum wage. A Maine proposal that would create a $12 hourly minimum…