As the globalization of the economy continues to push down wages, we are confronted with a question: what does it mean to talk about...

Starbucks baristas recently voted to unionize at one of the company’s cafes in Buffalo, NY. Although many earn a minimum of $15.00 an...

The problem with making public policy through consensus is that it contains so much that the purpose is no longer clear. I don’t pretend...

Unlike European countries, the United States has never had a responsible party model. Instead, it has had what is known as a broker party...

As the economy reopens in the wake of the pandemic, we find ourselves confronted with inflation due to interruptions in the supply chain,...

The concept of free labor has had many meanings in our nation’s history. Generally it meant that workers who worked for a living would be...

By design the American political system is supposed to be incremental, thus ensuring that individual rights are protected by default....

We hear much these days about mistrust of the government. Many don’t trust the Congress, the President, the Supreme Court, the CDC, the...

It is ironic that those who claim that “our democracy” is threatened, first by the election of Donald Trump and then the events of...

We hear a lot of talk about how desirable it would be to have bi-partisan legislation. Oddly, however, a piece of legislation can be...

Some small businesses, primarily restaurants, including fast food chains, still complain that they cannot find workers because of...

As the nation begins to emerge from the pandemic and the economy improves, it might behoove us to reflect on the so-called “natural”...

The latest jobs report is weak noting that there are labor shortages, and that employers are having a hard time filling jobs. Of course...

We hear a lot about globalization and the toll it has taken on workers’ earnings, their jobs, and overall inequality over the last few...

The elites that claim the filibuster in the Senate violates the principles of democracy now seek to end it, not because they really want...

The Meltzer-Roth model of the median voter theorem has long held that the median voter effectively chooses the size of the government....

State officials have been hiding behind a fiction that businesses are shuttered and people are out of work because of a pandemic. This is...

As part of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, the minimum wage is expected to be raised to $15.00 an hour. Whether this should be part...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. A new administration has taken power, and it appears to be the usual politics of...

One version of the median voter theorem holds that the greater the distance between the median voter’s income and the average income of...