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May 10, 2021
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

Nikita yesterday joined a flurry of voices commenting on the “labor shortage” reported by American businesses — especially the restaurant industry. In support of the Chamber of Commerce’s call for a repeal of supplemental unemployment benefits, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio echoed Mitch McConnell‘s assertion that businesses cannot fill vacancies because “the government is paying [workers] […]

January 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times recently analyzed the changing economic philosophy underlying Biden administration plans to return the job market back to low unemployment. Smialek looked at Biden’s appointments and statements from upcoming Biden administration officials and Fed officials to demonstrate a new willingness to engage in government spending and borrowing without past […]

December 21, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

After a brief stalemate regarding the Fed’s use of emergency powers was resolved in favor of requiring Congressional sign-off on Fed lending, Congress reached allegedly reached agreement Sunday on a $900 billion stimulus package, the first federal relief since April. The stimulus $900 billion stimulus, roughly half the size of $2.2 trillion stimulus law enacted […]

Today’s News & Commentary — December 7, 2020

Dec 7, 2020 Mackenzie Bouverat

Sunday saw almost 174,000 new cases of coronavirus. Hospital beds fill across the country, and most of California is returning to lock down (with a bizarre exception for retail establishments). As Rund reported on Friday, November saw the slowest rate of jobs growth since unemployment rates begun improving mid-summer. And the existing repertoire of pandemic […]

November 9, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

Following the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, focus has pivoted away from the tumult of electoral politics to the work of governance. Given the likelihood of a Republican-majority in the Senate, the incoming Administration is likely to face difficulty enacting the more ambitious facets of his labor agenda, as Deanna wrote yesterday. However, observers are […]

October 13, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

Talks over a future potential COVID stimulus package have once again stalled after members of the House and Senate announced that there would not be much movement on a potential deal. The Senate has been focused on the Judge Amy Coney Barrett nomination hearings, prompting Senate Republicans to reject White House pushes to focus on […]

June 29, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

This past Wednesday, a group of about 50 Uber drivers staged a protest outside Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s house. According to Forbes, the protesters blasted labor-friendly music and held up a banner reading, “A Thief Lives Here” in front of the $17 million mansion. The Uber drivers were protesting the company’s efforts to avoid complying […]

May 18, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

On Friday, the House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. Though the bill is likely doomed as it faces Republican opposition in the Senate and a threat of veto from President Trump, it represents House Democrats’ first offer at the negotiating table, the New York Times reports. The package would send $875 billion to […]

April 29, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

President Trump signed an executive order yesterday classifying the meat and poultry food supply chain as “critical and strategic materials” under the Defense Production Act. The order delegates authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to take appropriate action under that law to keep meat and poultry processors open consistent with OSHA and CDC guidance. Coronavirus […]

April 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

Colorado, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana and Tennessee are poised to join Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska and South Carolina in easing coronavirus-related restrictions on commercial activity. Colorado is permitting hair salons, barbershops and tattoo parlors to open next Friday (but Denver county has extended stay-at-home orders until May 8.) Dine-in services are permitted to resume in Tennessee this Monday. Oklahoma opens spas, […]

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