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Jan 26, 2012
The passage of a right-to-work law would end monopolistic practices in labor markets that have been an important factor in keeping the state from being nearer the top with respect to the standard of living of its citizenry. Moreover, the cost to the state government of doing so would be trivial as enacting a right-to-work law would require no expenditure of taxpayer dollars.
Sep 1, 2011
Mitch Pearlstein's new book, "From Family Collapse to America's Decline: The Educational, Economic, and Social Costs of Family Fragmentation," is now available.
Jul 18, 2011
A reasonable reading of the following 34 brief essays in American Experiment’s newest symposium—What Governmental Services and Benefits Are You Personally Willing to Give Up?—suggests that more Americans than generally assumed may be seriously willing to sacrifice when it comes to major entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. In the interest of balancing the nation’s skewed books, the columns similarly suggest that more people than routinely thought may be willing to forgo various exemptions and other tax breaks, including near-sacred deductions on home mortgage payments.
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REDEMPTION, FORGIVENESS & PUBLIC SAFETY: The Importance of Helping Ex-Offenders Work Their Way Back & Best Ways of Doing So
Conservatives are inclined to be tough on crime and incarceration. Not incidentally, they’re also big fans of marriage, especially when children are involved. Yet doesn’t having a record make getting a good job extra hard – which in turn makes many men even less marriageable in the eyes of many women?
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Oct 26, 2010
