Minimum wage laws do harm in the short run and in the long run. People acquire lots of valuable human capital in their first jobs. The longer those first jobs are pushed out of reach, the longer it takes low-skill workers to develop crucial capacities that can put them on a promising career path.

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The United States currently has a large number of policies designed to assist low-income workers. The primary mechanism is the U.S. tax code, with revenue losses to tax credits for low-income workers, such as the Earned Income...

Trying to put an estimated value on job security when comparing federal jobs to private-sector jobs.

Repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will not be enough, for a simple reason: Although Obamacare would worsen many of the problems with our system of health-care financing, that system clearly does call out for serious reform.

In this “Health Care 101” guide, Christopher J. Conover, author of the just-released “American Health Economy Illustrated,” distinguishes fact from fiction and answers some of the most fundamental questions about health care and health spending in America.

Refocusing the stimulus versus austerity debate to a discussion about policy changes that would give the United States the chance to improve long-term growth without sacrificing support for near-term growth is the best way to boost the economy.

Attempts to thwart Wal-Mart's efficiency-induced low prices and good service through labor, environmental, zoning or other type laws or regulations would lower the welfare of the American people.

Although U.S. government assistance has dramatically increased for low-income families with children, the childless poor have been forgotten.