UPS Is the Symptom, Not the Disease: How Labor Policy Shapes Long-Run Worker Outcomes

Subtitle: Monopoly Union Power, Employment, and the Trade-Offs We Ignore

Feb 17 • Liya Palagashvili

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AI, Transaction Costs, and a Quiet Shift Toward Self‑Employment

Beyond 'will AI take my job?' lies a more interesting question

Feb 5 • Liya Palagashvili

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January 2026

Your 2025 U.S. Labor Market Wrapped: The “No‑Hire, No‑Fire” Economy

Steady State Isn’t the Same as Healthy; What the 2025 Data Is Really Saying

Jan 9 • Revana Sharfuddin

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October 2025

Where the Jobs Are (and Aren’t): Sectoral Shifts and the Federal Workforce Pullback

Job growth hides a deeper reordering of where Americans are working

Oct 28, 2025 • Jack Salmon and Revana Sharfuddin

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The September Jobs Report That Never Was

How We Measure Employment in America

Oct 8, 2025 • Revana Sharfuddin and Jack Salmon

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When Workers Have Other Options: Rethinking Power in the Multi-Earner Economy

Monopsony, Meet Your Match: The Rise of Worker Options

Oct 2, 2025 • Liya Palagashvili

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July 2025

Portable Benefits Are (Finally) Having a Moment

From working paper to working policy: Evidence-based reforms expanding flexible benefits for a flexible workforce

Jul 24, 2025 • Liya Palagashvili

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May 2025

A Market-Driven Approach to AI and Workforce Transformation (Part 2)

How the AI revolution demands a return to uniquely human skills - and what policy can do to help us get there

May 29, 2025 • Revana Sharfuddin

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The Portable Benefits Revolution: How Did We Get Here?

Senator Bill Cassidy just put flexible benefits on the map. This is the story of how a niche policy idea climbed to the top of the Congressional agenda.

May 1, 2025 • Liya Palagashvili

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April 2025

Leaning into our Humanity in the Age of AI (Part 1)

How AI Can Boost Productivity, Revive Middle-Skill Jobs, and Recenter the Human Advantage.

Apr 8, 2025 • Revana Sharfuddin

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March 2025

Labor’s Hidden Monopoly: Why the FTC Should Probe Union Power Too

The FTC's new focus on labor markets should include union monopoly power

Mar 31, 2025 • Liya Palagashvili

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A Labor Market that Works for Women

This International Women’s Day, we highlight three labor market innovations that are driving unique benefits for women.

Mar 8, 2025 • Susannah Petitt

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