Topic: Labour economics

July 17, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 17, 2026

In recent years, it’s fair to say that Congress only acts once an issue has become truly urgent. But recent years have strained even historical levels of inaction. According to […]

June 23, 2026 • Blog

Georgia Crosses 5 Million Jobs: Now Let’s Keep the Momentum Going

By Athan Clark

This is what opportunity looks like when policymakers create the right environment for the private sector to thrive.

December 11, 2024 • Commentary

Why economic freedom matters

By Kyle Wingfield

A new report placed Georgia sixth-highest among the 50 states.

August 29, 2024 • Commentary

Make it easier to work

By Brett Kittredge

An appropriate way to celebrate Labor Day is working to advance policies that will truly empower labor.

May 30, 2024 • Commentary

Another crack at reforming occupational licensing?

By Brett Kittredge

A joint committee will review reported issues with the Secretary of State's Professional Licensing Boards Division.

May 9, 2024 • Commentary

What does the FTC’s ban on non compete clauses mean for healthcare?

By Jackson Hammond

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a new final rule banning most non compete agreements across the entire economy.

January 13, 2023 • Commentary

Barriers to work still high in Georgia

By J. Thomas Perdue

Georgia places a higher burden on those seeking low and middle-income occupations than many other states.

February 18, 2022 • Commentary

Guaranteed Basic Income not a Guaranteed Solution to Poverty

By Guaranteed Basic Income not a Guaranteed Solution to Poverty

A guaranteed income will not single handedly help people navigate the path from poverty to prosperity.

December 10, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 10, 2021

By Friday Facts: December 10, 2021

Kyle Wingfield is recuperating from surgery and will be back in the office in the new year.

September 17, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: September 17, 2021

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation marked 30 years of “Changing Georgia Policy, Changing Georgians’ Lives” with a dinner celebration Thursday night at the Geo

August 19, 2021 • Foundation News

Examining Policy Responses to the Pandemic

Covid infections are back on the rise. Georgia’s seven-day moving average of cases as of last Friday was 17 times higher than in late June, when it hit the lowe

May 7, 2021

Friday Facts: May 07, 2021

It’s Friday! Memory Lane The Friday Facts traces its beginnings to the days of the facsimile machine, or fax. As shown in this 2004 edition, it was initially called the […]

March 5, 2021

Friday Facts: March 05, 2021

It’s Friday! Memory Lane: As the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, this article from 1992 is a reminder that many of the issues that concerned […]

September 4, 2020 • Commentary

This Labor Day, A Tribute to Work

By Benita M. Dodd

The roofer’s assistant was forthright in his admission.

May 22, 2020 • Commentary

Federal Fix Can Help States and Encourage Work

By Prof. Frank Stephenson

The U.S. House passed another massive spending bill on May 15 in response to COVID-19. In the unlikely event the Senate and President Trump approve it, that mea

October 24, 2014

Friday Facts: October 24, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The next time you hear an alarming speech about ‘global warming’ on Earth Day, just remember that the first Earth Day featured alarms about the […]

October 24, 2014

Making Sense of Georgia’s Labor Market

Like the blind men and the elephant, the competing charges on Georgia’s jobless are because of different data. By E. Frank Stephenson Georgians with the misfortune of turning on their […]