Ali Meyer: 92,898,000 Americans Are Not Working

Labor force participation hovers near 37-year low.  The labor force participation rate hovered between 62.9 percent and 62.7 percent in the eleven months from April 2014 through February, and has been 62.9 percent or lower in 13 of the 17 months since October 2013.  Prior to that, the last time the rate was below 63 percent was 37 years ago,  ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: The Honesty Gap

Looking at the war on women. There may be some poetic justice in the recent revelation that Hillary Clinton, who has made big noises about a "pay gap" between women and men, paid the women on her Senate staff just 72 percent of what she paid the men. The Obama White House staff likewise has a pay gap between women and men, as of course  ... MORE

Study Finds Local Taxes Hit Lower Wage Earners Harder

by Patricia Cohen.   When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit. That is the conclusion of an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that evaluates the local tax burden in every state, from Washington, labeled the most regressive, to Delaware, ranked as the fairest of them all. According to the  ... MORE

VIDEO: Should College Athletes Be Paid?

Record 92,898,000 Americans Not In The Workforce

by Caroline May. But no worries, government also says unemployment rate drops to 5.6%. A record 92,898,000 Americans 16 years and older did not participate in the labor force last month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS defines people not in the work force as people 16 years and up who are not employed and      ... MORE

Resolve To Make 2015 The Year Of Repealing Bad Laws

by George Leef.    A message to politicians. Look folks, I know that when you say you want to do what’s in the public interest, you mostly mean doing whatever helps you stay in office and calling it “the public interest.” Some of you, however, might actually want to do things that benefit the great mass of the people. This missive is directed   ... MORE

VIDEO: Should College Football Players Be Paid?

VIDEO: John Stossel - The Wasted War On Poverty

VIDEO: Does The Minimum Wage HURT Workers?

John Stossel: Immigration Is America

Guess who built this country?   Conservatives rightly point out that America is a nation of laws. No one should be exempt. That's why many oppose amnesty and other paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are here now. "If they want to be in America," the argument goes, "they ought to return to their own countries and apply for a visa      ... MORE

VIDEO: Getting Real - Lisa Desjardins's CNN Goodbye

How Minimum Wage Laws Promote Racial Discrimination

by Gary North.       It was over 40 years ago that I first heard Walter Williams speak at a conference. Anyway, I think it was over 40 years ago. It could not have been less. He and I were on what speakers call the rubber-chicken circuit as early as 1974. We spoke to high school teachers in a program sponsored by the intercollegiate Studies Institute,   ... MORE

I, Dinner — A Capitalism Lesson Over Burgers And A Beer

by Todd Skelton.      A learning moment. Each week, I take my little family out to dinner in a neighborhood restaurant. It’s nothing fancy, just your standard pub fare.   On one such outing, my kids started grilling me about which charities we support. I ask what’s behind these questions and it turns out the kids had been learning about charitable giving      ... MORE

VIDEO: How The Government Punishes The Working Poor

VIDEO: The Mises View: "Wage Earners & Employers"

Classic economic wisdom.

Kurt Schlicter: My Privilege Is Doing Just Fine

How to undermine the self-supporting.      Liberals have a new word for what normal people call “success.” They call it “privilege,” as if a happy, prosperous life is the result of some magic process related to where your great-great-great-grandfather came from. It’s the latest leftist argument tactic, which means it is a tactic designed to prevent   ... MORE

J.D. Tuccille: Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery'?

A job less risky than cab driver.       It's good to excel at your job—and if that excellence involves protecting the innocent and rescuing children, so much the better. Good stuff. But if we're going to recognize individuals who have done awesome things, is it entirely necessary to lavishly spread the praise so that their entire trade is stroked as  ... MORE

Employers Prepare To Dump Workers Into ObamaCare

by Ed Morrissey.     Who didn’t see this coming? According to Kaiser Health News, employers are increasingly looking at the benefits of getting out of the health-insurance delivery process. Fueling this interest are ObamaCare-related spikes in health-insurance premiums, plus the opportunity to fix costs and reduce vulnerabilities presented    ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - No Possible Employer

VIDEO: Jobs Mysteriously Vanish As Min Wage Increases

Peter Schiff on our politicians' latest job-killing proclamations.