“Illinois has added 257,000 private sector jobs.” This is what voters see when they look at Governor Quinn’s evaluation of job growth under his administration, but if they scroll over to Bruce Rauner’s Bring Back Blueprint, they will see “Illinois lost 26,000 ... More »
While the tech industry claims that H-1B visas help address labor shortages and bring in the best and brightest engineers, data shows that they can drive down wages and indenture migrant workers. More »
Increases in minimum wages appear to help some poor families escape poverty while having the perverse effect of dragging other families below the poverty line. More »
Despite the widely held view that minimum wages generate unemployment, some Nobel-winning economists have argued that labor markets are more complex than predicted by economic theory. More »