St. Louis is again trying to kick start its business engine, as the WSJ explains, this time by a public-private partnership raising $100 million over five years to invest in and support local startups: “The effort is the latest in … read more
“Filling the gap: Less-skilled immigration and the changing US economy,” a study coauthored by AEI visiting scholar Madeline Zavodny, argues that an increasingly-educated American workforce has elevated the need for less-skilled immigrant workers. The main findings (to be discussed at an … read more
The mild May jobs report should serve as yet another reminder to President Obama and Congress that the U.S. labor market is suffering a Long Emergency.
Happy fourth anniversary, America. June 2009 marked the official end of the Great Recession - as reckoned by the National Bureau of Economic Research - and the beginning of the current recovery. So, how are we doing?
If the sluggish U.S. economy wasn’t reason enough for tax reform, the ongoing IRS scandal demonstrates how a devilishly complex tax code enables government mischief.
