Labor economics

May 06, 2016

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — April 2016 Report

Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a morally functioning economy. They help us serve the needs of our neighbors and lead to human flourishing both for the individual and for communities. Continue Reading...

April 08, 2016

Why We Should Oppose Both Skynet and Minimum Wage Increases

I oppose implementing Skynet and increasing minimum wage laws for the same reason: to forestall the robots. It’s probably inevitable that a T-1000 will return from the future to terminate John Connor. Continue Reading...

April 07, 2016

Minimum Wage Advocates: ‘Sure a $15 Wage Will Increase Unemployment. So What?’

In almost every long-term clash over a cultural or political policy, there comes a point that I’d call the “comfort-level concession.” If the agenda of one side has been won — or has at least moved sufficiently toward achieving victory — the winning side often feels comfortable making concessions about claims that they may have previously denied. Continue Reading...

April 01, 2016

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — March 2016 Report

March 30, 2016

10 Things You Should Know About the Minimum Wage Debate

Since 1938, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced the first federal minimum wage in the U.S., a debate has raged about whether wage floors help or hurt workers. But thanks to a radical economic experiment in California, we may be only a few years away from having a definitive answer. Continue Reading...

January 08, 2016

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — December 2015 Report

January 04, 2016

Why Minimum Wages Increases Don’t Target Poverty

If you ask most people why they support raising the minimum wage they’ll says it’s because it helps the poor. But as David Neumark, a scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco notes, numerous studies have shown that there is no statistically significant relationship between raising the minimum wage and reducing poverty. Continue Reading...

December 29, 2015

Post Tagged 'Labor economics'

Why We Should Oppose Both Skynet and Minimum Wage Increases

Minimum Wage Advocates: ‘Sure a $15 Wage Will Increase Unemployment. So What?’

10 Things You Should Know About the Minimum Wage Debate

Why Minimum Wages Increases Don’t Target Poverty

Why Does the New York Times Want to Hurt the Poor?

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator — November 2015 Report