Trump Taps Project 2025 Contributor to Lead Key Labor Statistics Agency – The USA Potato

Child labor returns to the United States: A society moving in reverse

What emerges in the US is a picture of a country moving rapidly in reverse, driven by a deep and intractable economic, political and social crisis.

Labor Day 2019 | How well is the American economy working for working people?: EPI researchers reflect on the state of labor in the United States

This Labor Day, EPI experts have contributed essays on remaining obstacles blocking workers looking for faster wage growth and greater economic opportunity. These essays look beyond the relatively happy news of low unemployment in the very recent past and focus instead on the deep-seated economic roots of workers’ disempowerment.

Tell Congress: Pass the Restoring Overtime Pay Act – EPI Policy Center

Congress has never let the federal minimum wage erode for this long

June 16th marks the longest period in history without an increase in the federal minimum wage. The last time Congress passed an increase was in May 2007, when it legislated that the minimum wage be raised to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. Since the minimum wage was first established in 1938, Congress has…

The economic costs and benefits of Airbnb: No reason for local policymakers to let Airbnb bypass tax or regulatory obligations

Analysis shows that the costs of Airbnb expansion to renters and local jurisdictions likely exceed the benefits to travelers and property owners. Thus there is no reason policymakers should reverse long-standing regulatory decisions simply to accommodate the rise of a single company.