More than 30 million Americans have signed employment contracts that limit their ability to switch jobs to a competing company, and those contracts are regulated by laws in 47 states. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) swept all of that aside in one fell swoop this week, as the commission voted down party lines to ban […]
Capitalism and racism go together? I hear it all the time. “Racism is intricately linked to capitalism,” says famous Marxist Angela Davis. “It’s a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism in place.” “Anti-racist” activist Ibram X. Kendi says, “In order to truly be anti-racist, you also have to truly be […]
The censors who abound in Congress will likely vote to ban TikTok or force a change in ownership. It will likely soon be law. I think the Supreme Court will ultimately rule it unconstitutional, because it would violate the First Amendment rights of over 100 million Americans who use TikTok to express themselves. In addition, […]
Depending upon where you live and what you do for a living, state or local laws may require you to get a license to operate in your chosen field. A research brief released last week by the Cato Institute found that while such occupational licensing laws raise wages in affected industries, they also depress wages […]
Establishing an equilibrium between your professional and personal life is no easy task. One California politician would like the government to help. Assembly Bill 2751, drafted by state Rep. Matt Haney (D–San Francisco), would expand on prevailing California rules restricting overtime work by adding the “right to disconnect” to the state’s labor regulations. Specifically, the […]
Shortly after Nippon Steel announced plans to purchase U.S. Steel, Sen. J.D. Vance (R–Ohio) vowed to “do everything in my power” to prevent the two private companies from finishing the deal. Even against that backdrop, Vance’s latest gambit is a shocking and shameless attempt at using federal power to steer U.S. Steel’s shareholders away from […]
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering a remarkable policy that would allow people to sue grocery stores that close too quickly. Earlier this week, Supervisors Dean Preston and Aaron Peskin introduced an ordinance that, if passed, would require grocery stores to provide six months’ written notice to the city before closing down. Supermarket […]
In an op-ed published this week by The Washington Post, Sen. Marco Rubio (R–Fla.) makes the case for why conservatives ought to support top-down industrial policy set by the federal government—and, inadvertently, also provides a concise illustration of just how incoherent and illogical that idea actually is. The article’s headline—which was likely applied by the Post‘s editors […]
In the grand circus of politics, where elephants and donkeys alike perform under the big top, there’s one act that never fails to draw a crowd: the venerable “job creation” routine. Putting people back to work, especially those without college degrees and in the manufacturing world, is in the center ring. Unfortunately, when you look […]
Taxpayers in Jackson County, Missouri, voted on Tuesday to discard a sales tax to finance stadium renovations for the Kansas City Chiefs and the construction of a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals. Even in the face of threats by owners to leave the city if the initiative failed, voters rejected the dodgy campaign […]