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Latest work in Jobs
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Michael Farren on Sirius XM - COVID Unemployment Benefits
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: Burdensome Occupational Licensing Harms Vulnerable Populations
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We Need Green Energy. We Don’t Need Green Jobs.
There’s no reason renewable technologies have to be labor-intensive. That will only drive up costs and turn off consumers.
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Michael Farren on True Story - Minimum Wage
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
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Chaos, Conflict and Coronavirus: How Will the Labor Market Respond?
There is Good News and Bad News

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This Winter’s Pandemic Gloom Could End with a Springtime Economic Boom
Despite disappointing jobs numbers, there’s reason to be hopeful

- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Back to Work?
Job growth is stronger than expected, but the next COVID-19 wave looms

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Remote Work Revolution Complicates the Fragile Economic Recovery
As the economy struggles back to its feet, office worker spending patterns shift from downtown business districts

- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Employment Bounces Back in a Big Way
BLS misclassification error shrinks, but larger flaws remain

- | Regulation Regulation
- | Research Papers Research Papers
The Economic Situation, June 2020
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Old People Have All the Interesting Jobs in America
Young people are funneled into fields that don’t reward risk-taking, leaving the U.S. economy less dynamic.
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Texas Reclogs the Pipes on Occupational Licensing

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