RECOMMENDED READING
A funny thing happened in the days after American Compass published “What Happened: The Trump Presidency in Review.” The collection’s emphasis on the success of economic policies that pushed the labor market toward full employment attracted substantial interest from proponents of looser fiscal and monetary policy.
But that “strange new respect” came with the mandatory caveat that we were still wrong to suggest increased immigration enforcement and a slower inflow of new workers might be part of the same package.
Recommended Reading
A Guide to Labor Supply
For more than half a century, productivity, GDP, and profit have risen together. Wages have not followed suit.
Jobs Americans Would Do
A more productive conversation about raising workers’ wages
One Simple Trick for Raising Wages
The Economics of Labor Supply and the Role of Immigration Policy
