The New York Times and the Washington Post reported on a new study of American tax burdens by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabrieal Zucman of the University of California at Berkeley. The study analyzes the “effective” tax rates paid by Americans since the 196... More »
On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia to be labor secretary. The vote was 53-44 along party lines. Scalia received support from 13 former career officials with the Labor Department, who wrote in a letter to lawmakers that Scalia was “very supportive ... More »
Two former Jones Day associates, a married couple, filed suit against the firm alleging various forms of discrimination, retaliation, and interference. They first allege that the firm’s parental leave policy providing 10 weeks of paid leave to biological pare... More »
As expected, the New York City Council voted yesterday to cap the number of Ubers allowed to drive within the city, in a win for taxi drivers, who had complained of deflated incomes. The move came despite opposition from the NAACP and other civil rights organi... More »
In the wake of many, serious allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn, casino worker Brittany Bronson uses a New York Times op-ed to shine a bright light on wealth inequality and sexual abuse at work. Bronson analogizes the confidentiality required in a hi... More »
Gallup Senior Economist Jonathan Rothwell synthesizes data challenging the notion that globalization and manufacturing’s decline explain President Trump’s electoral victory. When controlling for demographic factors, Mr. Trump was only three percent more popul... More »
The June jobs report was released this morning. There’s coverage here and here. In anticipation of the report, coverage in major papers this week remarked on the economy’s continued slow expansion and the slower-than-last-year jobs growth in the first five mon... More »
Hollywood writers have achieved victory. As the New York Times reports, the Writers Guild of America reached a “middle-of-the night deal” with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group that bargains on behalf of studios. ... More »
Yesterday was the 100th day of the Trump presidency, and the report cards are in. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post, President Trump maintained that he has “kept his promise[s]” to the American people. He pointed to his achievements in... More »
Equal Pay Day, April 4, 2017, symbolizes how far into the year women, on average, must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. In fact, Asian American Women’s Equal Pay Day is on March 7th, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is on July 31st, Native America... More »
October 9th, 2019