employment
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California legislators claimed that Uber and Lyft classified drivers as contractors to profit from paying them less.
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EconomicsHealth Care
Watch Out for Long-Term Effects of Government’s Coronavirus Remedies
by S.T. Karnick April 6, 2020Economic contractions harm human health, so governments should take that into account in their coronavirus policies
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The fact-checkers checked, and found that this was a “fact” cited by Donald Trump that wasn’t an exaggeration or outright false.
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EconomicsFeatured
Have Tattoos? Well … Study Says: Lower Your Professional Expectations
by Clifford Thies October 8, 2017Do people become losers because they get inked, or do they get inked because they’re losers. Which came first? The tattoo or being a loser?
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FeaturedRegulationUncategorized
Policy Positions: Free Trade vs. Political Ignorance
by Richard Ebeling June 20, 2016Listening to the presumptive Republican and Democratic candidates for the White House, the average voter would think that international trade and investment is a zero sum game in which there is a “winner” and a “loser.” Their economic policy assumption is that other countries are gaining at the international trade game at the expense of the United States.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
The Incompetent, Pathetically Slow Government Has Placed Itself Between You and the Economy
by Seton Motley June 8, 2016Behold “Mother May I?” government. Where the private sector can’t do a thing, make a move, invent or innovate – until after the incompetent, pathetically slow government finally gets around to granting permission to do so. If we’re lucky – more likely than not, they’ll say Nay.