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  1. Opinion | We need a new unemployment insurance system

    Street Smart Economics | The current unemployment system is punitive, inefficient and ineffective. It also favors businesses over workers. With the Federal Reserve pushing up interest rates, we appear headed for a new recession. Sadly, our unemployment in ...

    14 Dec 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  2. Opinion | TriMet Should eliminate fares, not increase them

    Street Smart Economics | TriMet is moving in the wrong direction when many other cities and countries are implementing free transit with success The TriMet Board voted for a fare increase, while 100 cities worldwide charge nothing to ride public transit. ...

    22 Nov 2022 - Mary King

  3. Opinion | The Supreme Court: Working hard to make a business-friendly America

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Business needs and desires are promoted as consistent with American values and enshrined into law President Calvin Coolidge, in a January 1925 speech to newspaper editors, asserted, “the chief business of the American people is bu ...

    19 Oct 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  4. Opinion | Labor law failings and reviving the labor movement

    Labor laws became more pro-business over time, but it's possible to turn the tide If you follow the news, it must seem like joining a union is a step outside the norms of U.S. law. After all, the media is full of stories about how big companies like ...

    10 Aug 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  5. Opinion | Abortion is an economic issue

    Three-quarters of abortion patients are poor or low-income and cannot afford another child The majority of patients seeking an abortion in the United States already have one or more children and are trying to provide those kids the best life they can. Thr ...

    15 Jun 2022 - Mary King

  6. Opinion | It’s past time for a $15 federal minimum wage

    It's been nearly 13 years since the last federal minimum wage increase. A $15 minimum wage would raise the earnings of 32 million workers. President Joe Biden’s March 2022 State of the Union Address included a call for a $15 federal minimum wage. Acc ...

    1 Jun 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  7. Opinion | Big finance continues to threaten our survival

    Don't believe the hype surrounding ESG investing Acording to defenders of the status quo, the best response to our most serious problems is to let markets work their magic. That is certainly the line that big finance is pushing when it comes to our e ...

    23 Mar 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  8. Opinion | Using austerity to fight inflation falls short

    New policies that better support workers and employ more people are needed T here appears to be growing consensus among economists and policymakers that inflation is now the main threat to the US economy and the Federal Reserve Board needs to start ratche ...

    2 Feb 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  9. OPINION | The costs of inequality are higher than you think

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Organizing and exposing the maldistribution of power is vital Pretty much everyone accepts that inequality is a big problem in the United States. But it is doubtful that most people grasp how successfully U.S. elites have captured ...

    8 Dec 2021 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  10. OPINION | Noncompete agreements restrict employment freedom for workers

    It's the bosses game: heads they win, tails you lose Between 28% and 47% of all private sector workers are subject to noncompete agreements according to an Economic Policy Institute report. Noncompete agreements (or noncompetes) are provisions in an ...

    20 Oct 2021 - Martin Hart-Lan...

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