Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
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Labor
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The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
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Supporting ‘clean clothes’ campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the ‘right’ brand to buy.
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Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own …
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The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.
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Of more than 4,500 “Supercenters” and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.
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The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fresh wave of investigative reports, and protests by Chinese workers themselves have reopened discussion of a reality we regularly prefer …
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There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. And public fiscal problems were not caused by union greed.
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Victories and challenges for the anti-sweatshop movement.
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Just when we need some good news, those of us concerned with social and economic justice can see several of our efforts bear fruit.