Chipotle Spices Up The Minimum Wage Discussion
@TBPInvictus If you’re just joining us, here’s our story thus far: Some on the right took a fairly benign article out of a...
Labor Force Participation: The U.S. and Its Peers
Labor Force Participation: The U.S. and Its Peers Monday, June 22, 2015 By Maximiliano Dvorkin, Economist, and Hannah Shell, Research...
Shifting the Goalposts in Seattle Minimum Wage Debate
@TBPInvictus here It’s been a few months since the first increase in the Seattle minimum wage (see here for the schedule of bump...
NFP: Is Good News Bad News?
Over the years, I have spilled far too many pixels on how overhyped the monthly nonfarm payroll report is. What matters...
Does Moving for a Job Mean Higher Wages?
Does Moving for a Job Mean Higher Wages? David Wiczer St. Louis Fed, May 25, 2015 For more than 20 years, the number...
Government Austerity & Job Creation
Fascinating set of graphics from Bloomberg showing the impact of the dearth of government hiring: Here’s How You Add 2.4...