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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Employment

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | Immigration Reform Is Starting to Roll
It is rare in Washington for the trend lines on a controversial issue to come together as favorably as they have for immigration reform.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Library of Economics | The Grave Evil of Unemployment
Free-market economists rarely declare, "We have to do X about unemployment."  Why not?  Free-market economists' standard reply is just, "We expect X to fail."  Their critics, however, have a less favorable explanation: Free-market economists oppose X because free-market economists are cavalier and callous.  They cavalierly deny the reality of involuntary unemployment, and callously belittle the suffering of the unemployed.