Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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The Social Security trustees released their annual report on Monday, and the outlook is bleak. Social Security has morphed far beyond its original intent, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What’s behind the wage gap between men and women? It has narrowed recently. In 2023, women’s median weekly wages of $1,005 equaled 84% of men’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden’s latest budget proposes the federal government spend trillions more than it will take in, increasing the already unsustainable federal debt by $17… Read More
LawCommentary
A federal district court announced that it will vacate the so-called joint employer rule that threatened to upend the franchise business model and to impose massive… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Advocates of command economies argue that government regulation of wages, prices, and production will lead to a more equitable allocation of income and wealth. But… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The federal government has more than 90 welfare and workforce programs spread across dozens of federal agencies, with funding flowing to thousands of state and local… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Airline prices—which are already 22% higher than they were two years ago—could get a whole lot more expensive and many airport workers could lose their… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The percentage of workers who belong to unions in the U.S. notched down to a record-low 10.0% in 2023, from 10.1% in 2022. The peak… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor… Read More
