NEWARK, NJ — August 25, 2020 — A couple of weeks ago in this space I talked about the roots of polarization lying in the economy. It is almost as though we have two economies. A red economy where there are more skilled blue-collar workers and a blue economy where there are more professionals and managers at the top …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
COVID-19 and the Need to Lower the Retirement Age
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
NEWARK, NJ — July 13, 2020 — With coronavirus cases around the country rising and some states slowing the pace of reopening their economies, there are those calling for additional stimulus payments, as well as extending the CARES Act protections. Perhaps a different approach needs to be taken. With a vaccine long off in the future, it is becoming abundantly …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
Labor Monopsony and the Need to Resurrect Labor Market Institutions
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN
NEWARK, NJ — June 1, 2020 — Over the last few decades we have seen a tendency in many cases not to enforce anti-trust laws, which were designed to break up monopolies in restraint of free trade. The argument has been that the development of big box stores and/or chains, even if it does reduce competition in the marketplace, has …
By OREN M. LEVIN-WALDMAN