As unemployment skyrocketed during the first few months of the Covid-19 lockdown, one group of workers stood at a particular disadvantage. Tipped service workers in 43 states did not get sufficient unemployment benefits because they are paid a subminimum wage. These wages are as low as $2.13 in states such as South Carolina, so most […]
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French Labor Laws: Between Liberalism and the Revolution of the Socioeconomic Order
RESOLVED: The Republic of France should liberalize its labor laws. Affirmative Constructive Speech (Laura Millo) France’s September 2017 labor reforms are vital to renew the dynamism of the French economy. The new labor laws of the French Ministry of labor adopted on September 22nd, 2017 provide more flexibility to the labor system in France. In fact, the […]
Will California Experience Corporate Inversion? Crippling California Tax Revenue
Do you live in a state rated to have the highest overall income tax rates? Do you live in a state rated to be the most indebted state in the US? Do you live in a state soon to have the highest corporate tax rate of any state in the US? If you live in California, it could […]
Free Money for Everyone: The Future Policy of the Political Right?
“We are approaching a time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost any task…society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: if machines are capable of doing almost any work humans can do, what will humans do?,” asked Moshe Vardi, expert and professor of computer science at Rice University. […]
Popping the Berkeley Bubble
“So…why’d you pick Berkeley?” my new friend asks, looking at me over the rims of his glasses. It’s a frequently asked question during Welcome Week, the favorite of awkward strangers-turned-conversationists in the dorms. Walking down Telegraph Avenue, I think about the answer as I take in the melange of people and activities around me. There’s […]