Browsing: Labor

  There are many things Adam Smith got right about economics, including the discipline’s fundamental insight about the unplanned nature of market-driven economic and social order.…

Smith begins An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations with the following claim: “The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater…

A sweeping crackdown on immigration in President Donald Trump’s second term, characterized by elevated deportations and strict new visa bans, has precipitated an 80% collapse in…

Despite hopes for unlocking a new era soaring growth and abundance, AI has yet to manifest itself clearly in macro data, according to Apollo Chief Economic…

Feb 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday it has settled with Kaiser ‌Foundation Health Plan to resolve multiple investigations ‌into the…

Wisconsin officials say a Burger King franchisee committed more than 1,600 child labor violations across the state, calling it the largest such case in modern state…

Mass deportation is often framed as a pro‑worker policy. Remove unauthorized immigrants, the argument goes, and native wages will rise as labor supply contracts. This logic…

Key Takeaways The U.S. economy added 50,000 jobs in December, below expectations and fewer than the 56,000 in November.The unemployment rate fell to 4.4% from 4.5%,…

KEY TAKEAWAYS The rate of price increases for daycare in September 2025 was 1.5 times higher than the overall inflation rate.Rather than paying for pricy childcare,…

Bulgarian grape harvesters work in the vineyards of Chateau de Meursault in Meursault, in the Burgundy region of central-eastern France, on August 26, 2025. (Photo by…