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But Reality Isn't Fair Jun. 28, 2017
In 2014, I debated Seattle City Council member and avowed socialist Kshama Sawant. Sawant was one of... Read More
Dear Jane Fonda: Minimum Wages Destroy Jobs May. 11, 2017
Dear Ms. Fonda: Before you travel to Detroit this weekend to campaign for a $12 minimum wage, I sugg... Read More
Minimum Wage and Discrimination Feb. 08, 2017
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increa... Read More
Living Wage Is as Wrongheaded as the Minimum Wage Jan. 12, 2017
What future will America have when so many of her citizens lack the ability to engage in critical th... Read More
Trump's Two Good Cabinet Choices Dec. 18, 2016
Judging from the reaction to some of Donald Trump's Cabinet choices, there are two types of business... Read More
A Few Ways the Trump Administration Could Help Minorities Dec. 08, 2016
Republicans running for president haven't done very well with minority voters, and although Presiden... Read More
The Left's Gambles Dec. 06, 2016
Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don't have enough information to know how t... Read More
Congress Must Strive to Recoup Its Power Nov. 29, 2016
There was a moment during President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union address that spoke volume... Read More
Has Economics Failed? Nov. 01, 2016
It is especially painful for me, as an economist, to see that two small cities in northern Californi... Read More
The Left and the Masses Oct. 18, 2016
The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the po... Read More
Words Versus Deeds Oct. 11, 2016
Donald Trump's gutter talk about women shows yet again that he is bad news. The problem is that Hill... Read More
Hillary Clinton's Minimum Wage Gamble Sep. 08, 2016
With Labor Day behind us, it's not too early to handicap the biggest political fights to come after ... Read More
Waking Up From Minimum Wage Fairy Tales Sep. 07, 2016
The minimum wage persists as a fixture in public policy discussions because the idea remains popular... Read More
Economic Conspiracies Aug. 31, 2016
A general economic principle is that any law or regulation that restricts market entry tends to impo... Read More
How the War on Drugs Fails Black Communities Jul. 14, 2016
As recent events have demonstrated, more than 50 years after much-delayed civil rights legislation w... Read More
Elitist Arrogance, Part II Jun. 08, 2016
A basic economic premise holds that when the price of something rises, people seek to economize on i... Read More
Keep the Labor Market Flexible to Maintain Productivity Jun. 02, 2016
One of the assets of the American economic model is a relatively flexible labor market, especially w... Read More
Elitist Arrogance Jun. 01, 2016
White teenage unemployment is about 14 percent. That for black teenagers is about 30 percent. The la... Read More
Obama's Overtime Measure Ignores Reality of the American Workplace May. 24, 2016
The Obama administration's new plan to require overtime pay for salaried workers earning up to $47,0... Read More
What Would Our Grandparents Think? May. 20, 2016
Please join me on a whirlwind tour around the zany world of modern leftism. Many stops are available... Read More
