A $15 minimum wage has already destroyed hundreds of small businesses and many more jobs in cities like New York and San Francisco, and – as interest grows within state and local governments – it now threatens the livelihoods of millions of workers nationwide. New research by my colleagues and me at the American Consumer […]
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New Study Shows State-by-State Impact of a $15 Minimum Wage; It’s Not Pretty
A new study shows that a $15 national minimum wage would ravage the American workforce, destroying millions of jobs, shrinking consumer benefits, and markedly reducing economic output. The research, conducted by my colleagues and me at the American Consumer Institute, is part of a broader initiative to measure the state-level economic effects of major labor […]
Inside Sources: Good Intentions Aren’t Good Enough
Good Intentions Aren’t Good Enough This op-ed explains how regulations, which have been propped up under the guise of “worker rights,” typically cause more harm than good to American businesses and workers.
How Labor Regulations Designed to Help Employees Leads to Fewer Jobs
American economic growth has been steady for years with record lows of unemployment. Yet new labor regulations are threatening to undo all of that and put millions of Americans out of work, according to a new study by the American Consumer Institute. Often these regulations are passed with the intention of helping people find work, […]
New Study: Labor Regulations Could Cost 4 Million Jobs
How Labor Regulations are Raising Consumer Prices, Costing U.S. Jobs, and Impeding Economic Growth Service-providing industries are projected to account for more than 90 percent of the job growth in the U.S. economy before 2026, making the service sector the primary engine of the American global competitiveness and prosperity. Yet, a series of misguided legislative […]
The Unemployment Statistics are at Odds with Increasing the Minimum Wage
Although young people support Senator Sanders’ policies, his policies don’t necessarily support young people. When Sanders recently went on the Joe Rogan Experience to talk about his platform, he assured Rogan that “the majority of [minimum wage] workers are not kids,” but analyses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggest otherwise. The majority of […]
ACI Signs onto a Coalition Letter Opposing the Raise the Wage Act
Today, ACI joined 32 other organizations in opposition to H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act. CBO estimates the law, if enacted, would reduce 1.3 jobs in the U.S. The letter is available online.