Jared Meyer
Washington Examiner
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State laws keep stopping employers from giving students apprenticeships
Like many small business owners, Kim Thibeau, a Connecticut salon owner, has struggled to find young workers. A local school counselor helped connect her with high school seniors interested in cosmetology. Cosmetology students usually pay $25,000 to complete the mandated 1,500 hours of education… → Read More
Congress quietly seeks to help states fix occupational licensing headaches
After several years of failed occupational licensing reforms at the federal level, Congress passed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act last week with overwhelming support. The bill marks the first step towards comprehensive reform, and given the Trump… → Read More
No, the Sharing Economy Isn’t Dead
How to understand new data on independent contracting. → Read More
A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Stop Cosmetologists from Working
An ex-con studying cosmetology was barred from giving free haircuts to the homeless in Arizona until common sense intervened. → Read More
Occupational licensing is a big reason the poor don't become rich
Though licensing’s effect on safety is minimal or nonexistent in many cases, its negative effect on economic mobility is real. → Read More
Trump wants to give ex-cons a fresh start
President Trump's State of the Union address highlights that being tough on crime is perfectly compatible with wanting individuals with reco... → Read More
States Need To Give Ex-Cons A Fresh Start
Finding work is vital for those with criminal records to rebuild their lives. Work keeps ex-offenders out of poverty and helps them avoid reoffending. But far too often, state governments create excessive occupational licensing barriers that keep these individuals out of work. → Read More
Occupational-Licensing Reform Can Improve Upward Mobility for Low-Income and Military Families
State occupational-licensing fees are a substantial burden for low-income and military families. That burden should be eliminated ... → Read More
Warding Off Job-Killing Local Licensing
Momentum for occupational licensing reform continues to grow on the state level and in Washington, D.C. Though there have been many meaningful reforms in states like Mississippi and Arizona, Tennessee is the clear leader in the nationwide push to reform out-of-control licensing laws. Forward-thinking Tennessee state policymakers not only reformed state licensing — they also addressed licensing… → Read More
The sharing economy is much bigger than Uber
There have always been people who wanted to buy a hard-to-find product, find a place to stay, or figure out a way to get from point A to poi... → Read More
Arizona’s Pricklish Use of Licensing Requirements
As momentum for occupational licensing reform grows so do the depths to which opponents are willing to sink to maintain special treatment. Today’s occupational licensing laws protect established licensees, by making it more difficult for competitors to enter their industries. In fact, 30 percent of workers must seek government’s permission to work. A current fight in Arizona over exempting… → Read More
How asinine, job-killing regulations are holding Detroit back
Detroit licenses about 60 occupations, imposing extra fees and requirements on top of existing Michigan licenses for about half of these occ... → Read More
Colorado Cities Compete for Worst Airbnb Regulations
Arbitrary restrictions include limiting Airbnb to one unit per block face in one city and forbidding second homes from being rented out. → Read More
Airbnb May Finally Win Its Long Battle Against Nashville
Places like Nashville, Tennessee, should love short-term rental platforms like Airbnb or HomeAway. For one, the city has a booming tourism industry but remains short of enough hotels to meet surging demand. This is why Nashville’s downtown has the highest average nightly hotel rate in the United S… → Read More
Supersonic Flight: Make America Boom Again
A lot has changed since the 1950s. Modern technology has made nearly everything faster, cheaper, and better. But one critical area has completely missed the overwhelming trend towards greater speed—air travel. In 1959, it took five hours to fly from New York City to Los Angeles. In 2016, nearly six decades [...] → Read More
House Moves To Stop IRS Forfeiture Abuse
The House of Representatives just took a major step to protect innocent Americans’ bank accounts and restore the principle of innocent until proven guilty by reforming the IRS’s abuse of civil forfeiture. Under federal civil forfeiture law, the IRS can seize someone’s money if they make a close series of cash [...] → Read More
Government Puts Tobacco Interests Above A Billion Lives
The new documentary A Billion Lives exposes the special interests behind the war on vaping. This century, The World Health Organization estimates that one billion people will die early from smoking cigarettes. Despite governments spending billions of dollars on tobacco control, and decades of programs designed to help smokers quit, the [...] → Read More
Bosses, Timecards And Other Relics Of The 20th Century
The Industrial Revolution drastically changed the labor market, and large firms and the 20th century model of employment arose. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Believe it or not, working at corporations for the majority of one’s career is a relatively recent phenomenon. For centuries, people worked as generalists, often producing essentials [...] → Read More
Don't Believe Uber
Yes, you read that correctly—Uber riders in Massachusetts have to pay more to prop up the failing taxi industry. → Read More
Goodbye Illegal Indiana Vaping Law
Some much-needed sanity was just injected into the debate over Indiana’s nonsensical, anti-competitive vaping law . This is a major win for vapers everywhere and a blow to state-enforced monopolies. In a preliminary injunction ruling issued on August 19 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Judge [...] → Read More