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Solving The Puzzle Of Stagnant Wages
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by Edward Paul Lazearvia Wall Street Journal
Five Reasons For Slow Growth
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by Michael Spencevia Project Syndicate
An Autopsy for the Keynesians
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by John H. Cochrane via Wall Street Journal
Immigration Isn’t Killing The Middle Class
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by Timothy Kanevia Washington Post
The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve's Too Cozy Relations With Banks
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by Stephen Haber, Ross Levinevia Wall Street Journal
Bank of America
Steve Haber on Opinion Journal
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interview with Stephen Habervia Wall Street Journal Live
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Behind the Productivity Plunge: Fewer Startups
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by Lee Ohanian, Edward Prescottvia Wall Street Journal

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Russell Roberts: Uber Headache: Driver Was Employee, Says State Labor Commission (06:19)

interview with Russell Robertsvia Hugh Hewitt Show
Friday, June 19, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Russell Roberts on Uber's business model and how "California Labor Commission has ruled that one of the company's drivers qualifies as an employee."

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Featured Commentary

Five Ways To Improve Gender Equity In The Tech Sector

by John Villasenor, Rebecca Sadwickvia Forbes
Monday, June 15, 2015

In many respects, the technology sector in the United States is flying high these days. But when it comes to gender equity, the technology ecosystem, which prides itself on being a meritocracy in so many other respects, is failing badly.

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Policy Seminar with Avik Roy

Monday, June 8, 2015
George Shultz Conference Room, Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

Avik Roy, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the Opinion Editor at Forbes, discussed his recent book Transcending Obamacare: A Patient Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency.

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Blogs

Nick Hanauer On Noah Smith

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Monday, June 8, 2015

A billionaire named Nick Hanauer has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Am I trying to bias you against him by mentioning his net worth? Not really.

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Oil Drilling
Interviews

Ed Lazear On The Larry Kudlow Show (40:33)

interview with Edward Paul Lazearvia The Larry Kudlow Show
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Ed Lazear speaks about the new employment data, consumer spending versus saving, and how falling oil prices are effecting the economy.

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Employment
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Ed Lazear: Still Down About 4.5M Jobs

interview with Edward Paul Lazearvia Fox Business
Friday, June 5, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Ed Lazear on the state of the job market.

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Federal Reserve
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Lazear: Fed Should Raise Rates ASAP

interview with Edward Paul Lazearvia CNBC
Friday, June 5, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Ed Lazear on the jobs numbers, interest rates, and Greece’s “game of chicken”.

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Poverty in the US
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The Minimum Wage Is Almost Irrelevant To California's Poor

by Carson Brunovia Real Clear Markets
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Let's stop the charade about the minimum wage. It is not an effective anti-poverty policy tool. In fact, it could actually be more harmful than inaction.

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Other Media

Is The Minimum Wage An Effective Way To Reduce Poverty Or Inequality?

quoting Thomas E. MaCurdyvia EconoMonitor
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

President Obama has already decreed a higher minimum for workers on Federal contracts, and he has proposed raising the Federal minimum from $7.25 to $10.10.

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Abercrombie Headscarf Case Splits Conservatives

mentioning Michael McConnellvia Bloomberg View
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Striking a blow not only for religious liberty, but also for diverse standards of beauty, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that Abercrombie & Fitch could not deny employment to a young woman because she wears a headscarf for religious reasons.

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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

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