Inflation is bad, and embracing it is even worse
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the time has come to retire the word “transitory” when it comes to talking about inflation and instead discuss ways to tame rising prices,…
Ending the barriers to free markets in labor and talent
The federal government’s unemployment figures show the labor market is still unsettled. With the mismatch between joblessness and job openings continuing, the question of how to close that gap is…
Ending enhanced unemployment benefits convinces more people to go back to work
Over the last few weeks, states with Republican governors have been opting out of the federal government’s enhanced unemployment benefit program. The reason: generally, to encourage workers to get off…
The $400 billion fraud
The debate over whether more generous unemployment benefits are keeping otherwise able-bodied workers on the sidelines, rather than in the workforce, is an open question. What appears to be a…
States Put Enhanced Unemployment Benefits to the Test
The United States is about to engage in a real-time economic experiment that federalism is making possible. The issue to be tested: whether the federal government’s more generous unemployment benefits…
Democrats Seek to Make More Generous Unemployment Benefits Permanent
Some Democratic members of Congress are pushing the White House to make unemployment benefits more generous, paying higher weekly stipends and lasting up to six months. The Wall Street Journal…
Online Criminals Feast on Unemployment Benefits
Just as fraudsters bilked hundreds of millions of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program, online criminals have so far managed to steal billions in unemployment payments from states. According to…
