Labor and Wages

Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Tho to discuss the larger costs of Fed policy and how official government measures can be gamed with techniques such as "shrinkflation."

Pennsylvania legislators don't claim to be putting people out of work or killing job opportunities. They claim they just want workers to earn more pay.

The latest round of wildfires in Canada has brought out the usual statist demands that we ban fossil fuels.

The State of California is trying to create workers councils that will set labor policies for fast food restaurants. This will not end well.

The State of California, unable to unionize fast food workers, now is trying to create workers councils that will set labor policies for fast food restaurants. This will not end well.

American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.

American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.

Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe.

A new bill being sold as an "immigration control" measure is really a vast expansion of the federal regulatory and surveillance state known as "E-Verify."  The potential for abuse is enormous. 

Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe.