Documents tagged with labor law and regulation

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Maladjusted: The Misguided Policy of "Trade Adjustment Assistance", Cato Trade Briefing Paper No. 26

Through much of the post-World War II era of trade liberalization, organized labor and freetraders struck a grand bargain: negotiated agreements that lower tariffs in the United States would be acc...
  • CatoInstitute published this 10 / 14 / 2009
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Vallejo Con Dios: Why Public Sector Unionism Is a Bad Deal for Taxpayers and Representative Governme

Rates of unionization in the United States today are at historic lows and are unlikely to rebound. However, there is one sector in which organized labor is growing in strength: government. This...
  • CatoInstitute published this 09 / 22 / 2009
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Jones v. Harris Associates, Cato Legal Briefs

No. 08-586 ========================= ========================= ============== In The Supreme Court of the United States ------------------------- --------♦---------------- ----------------JERRY N. JO...
  • CatoInstitute published this 09 / 04 / 2009
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Ricci v. DeStefano, Cato Legal Briefs

In Ricci v. DeStefano, the City of New Haven, Connecticut developed an exam for firefighters seeking promotion to command positions. The City went out of its way to ensure that the exam was race-ne...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics: Economic Policies, Social Norms, and Income Inequality, Cato Wh

What accounts for the rise in income inequality since the 1970s? According to most economists, the answer lies in structural changes in the economy
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Does the Doctor Need a Boss?, Cato Briefing Paper No. 111

The traditional model of medical delivery, in which the doctor is trained, respected, and compensated as an independent craftsman, is anachronistic. When a patient has multiple ailments, there is n...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Medical Licensing: An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care, Cato Policy Analysis No. 621

In the United States, the authority to regulate medical professionals lies with the states. To practice within a state, clinicians must obtain a license from that state's government. State statu...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Executive Pay: Regulation vs. Market Competition, Cato Policy Analysis No. 619

The economic slowdown and the active political season are generating calls for imposing new regulations on executive pay. The presidential candidates of the two major parties have lashed out at ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government, Cato White Paper

Policymakers must reexamine the manner in which corporations and other organizations that are suspected of wrongdoing are investigated. In the aftermath of the Enron scandal, laws like Sarbane...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification: Franz Kafka's Solution to Illegal Immigration,

In last summer's debate over immigration reform, Congress treated a national electronic employment eligibility verification (EEV) system as a matter of near consensus. Intended to strengthen in...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, Cato Legal Briefs

No. 06-939 ========================= ========================= ============== In The Supreme Court of the United States ------------------------- --------♦---------------- ----------------CHAMBER OF ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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The Affirmative Action Myth Cato Policy Analysis No. 540

Executive Summary In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold university admissions preferences, affirmative action remains a deeply divisive issue. But recent research shows that...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Keeping the Poor Poor: The Dark Side of the Living Wage, Cato Policy Analysis No

Executive Summary For nearly a decade, activists on the left have been conducting a highly effective nationwide campaign to mandate local minimum wages at levels that presumably elimina...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Retirement Finance Reform Issues Facing the European Union, Cato Social Security

Executive Summary Changing demographics are forcing countries around the world to reexamine their public pension systems. The member states of the European Union are no exception. Indee...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Saving Lives or Wasting Resources? The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, Cato

Executive Summary Most Americans take for granted the federal government's role in protecting workers from injuries that might occur on the job. The popular notion is that, without the ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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OSHA's Ergonomics Litigation Record: Three Strikes and It's Out, Cato Policy Ana

Executive Summary In November 1999 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed an ambitious "ergonomics" rule that would regulate the pace of work in American businesses, the leve...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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The Community Reinvestment Act: Looking for Discrimination That Isn't There, Cat

Executive Summary Congressional attempts to enact banking and financial services reform in recent years have stumbled over the Community Reinvestment Act. That act originally was meant to deal w...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Chile's Private Pension System at 18: Its Current State and Future Challenges, C

Executive Summary In May 1981 Chile replaced its government-run pay-as-you-go retirement system with an investment-based private system of individual retirement accounts. The new system ...
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In Praise and Criticism of Mexico's Pension Reform, Cato Policy Analysis No. 340

Executive Summary The privatization of Mexico's government-run pay-as-you-go social security system, which went into effect in July 1997, is the Ernesto Zedillo administration's most important s...
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Freedom from Union Violence, Cato Policy Analysis No. 316

Executive Summary Under the Supreme Court's 1973 Enmons decision, vandalism, assault, even murder by union officials are exempt from federal anti-extortion law. As long as the violence is aimed ...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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