Labor and Wages

We are better off not needing twelve people with shovels to do the same thing as a single bulldozer. Robots are not fundamentally different from a bulldozer.

Citizenship based on a person's current location is a long and well-established principle in the Americas. But this is not the case back in Europe.

The rich get rich by virtue of making what's dear rather cheap, thus helping the poor the most.

Dollar stores are hardly the starvation-producing hellholes that the critics claim them to be. They serve their customer base well, but it is not a customer base of elite journalists and politicians.

This Christmas, countless workers will profit when others spend freely on "unnecessary" luxury goods.

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.

The Fed tells us that the Millennials are less wealthy and lower-income than others. But the Fed ignores its own role in stifling wealth growth among the young.

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.

The Poor Law Amendment of 1834 attempted to address the problem of runaway costs and abuses of the system. With mixed results.

Minor-league hockey players know what they're getting into when they sign their contracts. But now they want the government to overturn their contracts and force a pay raise.