Reverse Class Psychology
Reagan convinced workers to care about business, but who will teach business owners that labor matters too?
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Where Are the Secure Jobs?
In the American Conservative, Oren Cass discusses how the American labor market’s failure to produce family-supporting jobs is fundamental to the nation’s problems.
Sen. J.D. Vance on Financialization, Labor, and Rebuilding American Capitalism
Sen. J.D. Vance and Oren Cass discuss what has gone wrong with investment in the American economy and how conservatives should think about labor unions today.
A Labor Shortage Is a Great Problem to Have
Today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the unemployment rate continuing to hold close to its lowest level in 70 years, despite a slight uptick last month. This might seem Read more…
The Dignity of Workers
In Democracy at Work, labor law professor Ruth Dukes and sociologist Wolfgang Streeck describe how the dehumanizing and demanding conditions of an Amazon “fulfillment center” maximize the isolation of workers and Read more…
American Conservatives Are Working on the Railroads
The Railway Safety Act has made concrete the ideological debate raging between conservatives and libertarians over the role of government regulation in the free market.
Critics Corner with FreedomWorks’ Phil Bell on the Railway Safety Act
Oren Cass is joined by FreedomWorks’ Phil Bell for a wide-ranging discussion the Railway Safety Act of 2023.
Policy Brief: Guestworker Phasedowns
Ending temporary worker programs that depress American wages
A Guide to Labor Supply
For more than half a century, productivity, GDP, and profit have risen together. Wages have not followed suit.
Policy Brief: Mandatory E-Verify
Maintaining tight labor markets for American workers
One Simple Trick for Raising Wages
The Economics of Labor Supply and the Role of Immigration Policy
Jobs Americans Would Do
A more productive conversation about raising workers’ wages
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Worker Voice
On this episode, Oren and Chris discuss the issue of worker voice and how to reform labor law to create new avenues for labor input from the shop floor to the boardroom.
Policy Brief: Workers in the Boardroom
Give workers a seat at the directors’ table
Policy Brief: Collaborative Labor-Management Committees
Give workers a collective voice on the job
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Banning the BA Box
On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold are joined by Jonathan Berry to discuss a proposal to ban bachelor’s degree requirements in hiring.
Policy Brief: Banning Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
Prohibit employers from making a bachelor’s degree a job requirement
Policy Brief: Pro-Worker Bankruptcy Reform
Put workers ahead of Wall Street
when firms go bankrupt
Republicans: Our Future Is Not With Free Markets. It’s With the Working Class
Progressives were surprised, confused, and frustrated by Senator Marco Rubio last week. “I definitely didn’t have Marco Rubio being more pro worker than Joe Biden on my 2022 bingo card,” one tweeted. “UGH, UGH, UGH…When Read more…
