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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
Forbes | On The Border, The GOP Is Outraged At The Wrong Thing
The immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border these days is an odd one. Adherents of the party of free-enterprise, the Republicans, are opposed to the migration of free labor across the border, arguing that agents of the state should stop people and turn them away, if not submit them to government justice.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Wall Street Journal | White House: State, Local Minimum-Wage Efforts to Help 7 Million Workers
Stymied by Congress on efforts to lift the federal minimum wage, Obamaadministration officials on Tuesday touted state and local pay-floor increases as having the potential to boost the broader economy.