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Eight examples of the human consequences of delayed regulatory rules.

“Welfare” as it now exists in the United States aims to provide a short-term safety net for very needy families with children and prepare adults to get jobs. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families law passed by Congress in 1996 said that cash assistance should be limited to no more than five

Primary doctors with private practices often argue that they can’t afford to take too many Medicaid patients because of the low reimbursements from the government. These doctors compare themselves to small business owners, and, as one doctor told Fredricksburg’s Virginia’s Free Lance Star, many have

As members of the class of 2013 stepped on stage to receive their diplomas, the unemployment rate in America stood at 7.6 percent — a bit better than the past four years, but that ain't saying much. Before the financial crisis, students graduating in 2007 faced a much rosier jobless rate of only 4.7

It's often said that Americans are ideologically conservative but operationally liberal. While we don't like big government in theory, we want all the services it provides -- and then some. Obamacare may be the best illustration of this maxim yet. Polls have consistently found the public sharply

Yesterday, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) got off to an auspicious start as chair of the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy by doing something that is all too novel—inviting people with the most at stake in economic policy decisions to testify in Congress.

The Democrat-controlled state legislature just weakened this landmark law, Connecticut’s “Citizens’ Election Program."

Dig deep enough into the new jobs data for May and you'll find this startling figure: 116 million. That's the number of Americans who were employed at full-time jobs last month. Why is that so startling? Because the total potential U.S. labor force is 245 million people.

When fast food workers went on strike recently in Washington State, they weren't just protesting low wages. They were also protesting the lack of enough work hours and reliable schedules. Like low-wage employers everywhere, restaurant chains in Washington go to great lengths to limit their workers

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just released the third iteration of its Better Life index with a fantastic data visualization tool that allows you to compare the 34 existing member countries based on 11 different indicators of human well-being: material