labor market
The Profit Paradox: “What’s Good for Firms Is Not Necessarily Good for the Workers”
In an interview with ProMarket, Jan Eeckhout discusses his new book The Profit Paradox and explains how market power brings down wages, even if...
Organized Mimicry: Employers Against the Free Market
"Despite all the rhetorical support for free markets, it turns out that employers would rather corner their market, not free it, especially their market...
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Will Affect Four Types of Labor
A tremendous shock like that of the coronavirus totally unbalances new demand for four different types of labor. The category policymakers should be...
Capitalisn’t in a New Episode on the Gig Economy: A Reading List
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash have brought the term "gig economy" into our lexicon. But what is the gig economy, really? In the...
