EconomyCommentary
Making Sense of the Male-Female ‘Wage Gap’
What’s behind the wage gap between men and women? It has narrowed recently. In 2023, women’s median weekly wages of $1,005 equaled 84% of men’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What’s behind the wage gap between men and women? It has narrowed recently. In 2023, women’s median weekly wages of $1,005 equaled 84% of men’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees. CNBC claims this could help freelancers “recover… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Airline prices—which are already 22% higher than they were two years ago—could get a whole lot more expensive and many airport workers could lose their… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As the cost of living continues to rise in America, many families are struggling to make ends meet. Inflation and wage stagnation have made it… Read More
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Jared Bernstein has once again demonstrated his complete ignorance of both economic theory and fact—an alarming trait for the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
As families are trying to cope with rising prices and declining real wages, a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.,… Read More
More mothers are staying home with their kids, says a new Pew report. The number of stay-at-home mothers reached an all-time low of 23 percent… Read More
The Senate is set to vote on the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act today. Here are three things you should know about the bill: 1. It… Read More
If only the D.C. city council understood good intentions do not ensure good results. Council members are debating four different proposals to raise the city’s… Read More
Do American workers have lower living standards today than in 1989? To anyone with a camera GPS library stereo video recorder TV smartphone in his… Read More