As a research fellow in labor economics at The Heritage Foundation, James Sherk researches ways to promote competition and mobility in the workforce rather than erect barriers that prevent workers from getting ahead. Read his research.
View all authorsAs Congress debates health care reform and how to pay for it, the Congressional Budget Office reported today on something that economists have long known:… Read More
In January, President Obama pressed for an $800 billion economic “stimulus” package to turn the economy around. Though the bill largely consisted of increased spending… Read More
Media Matters has taken it upon itself to criticize our recent video highlighting the problems with the government-imposed contracts that the misnamed Employee Free Choice… Read More
The Washington Post editorialized today in favor of a compromise on card-check, including snap elections or mandatory union access to company premises, because – they… Read More
Sen. Reid has said he wants the Senate to vote on the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) this summer. The bill, Big Labor’s highest… Read More
Even as the Detroit automakers are asking Congress for a taxpayer bailout, the Detroit News reports that Ford Motor Co. is operating highly automated, highly… Read More
Congress is considering increasing the length of time unemployed workers can collect unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Normally unemployed workers can collect UI benefits for up… Read More
Federal employees receive up to 12 weeks a year of unpaid parental leave for the birth of a new child, adoption or foster child care,… Read More
