Tag: labor economics
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The everyone should go to college mandate did more damage than good
Pushing every student toward a four-year degree inflated tuition, hollowed out trades, and saddled non-completers with debt. The data is hard to ignore.
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Tipping is a tax workaround employers love and we keep voting for
Tipping started as a class signal and became a wage subsidy. Employers and customers both prop it up — and the IRS quietly benefits from the chaos.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance is the original sin of US healthcare
Tying health coverage to employment was a wartime accident that became permanent. It distorts the labor market, the insurance market, and patient outcomes.