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I’m Liya Palagashvili, an economist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Thanks for subscribing to Labor Market Matters, where I’ll cover topics on labor economics and public policy, flexible markets, and the changing nature of work.
My first post showcases the trade-offs we face in pursuing a pro-worker policy agenda, and I provide my own vision for what America can do to provide a worker-centric environment for the 21st century.
5 Ways America Can Pursue a 'Pro-Worker' Agenda
I was born in the Soviet Union, sometimes associated as a “worker power” paradise, where all aspects of work were regulated under the principle that every Soviet citizen must have a good, meaningful job that pays decent wages. Loosely, that meant a job was guaranteed by the government, there were rigid pay standards for each profession, it was impossibl…
