Free markets respond to supply and demand, and in the US the ready alternatives to domestic labor have placed it in an especially poor bargaining position relative to capital.
But we should also suspend and dismantle the Affordable Care Act, phase out our current domestic labor laws and entitlement programs and the bulk of our regulatory framework, and simplify our tax code.
To be sure, a precious few do both, but they often have a partner who stays home or they can pay someone else to provide domestic labor and child care while they put in long hours at the office.
Washington, 1896, was talking about, you know, use your domestic African American labor.
And they can protect millions of other domestic workers who labor with precariously few guarantees for their safety and rights.
It accounts for one percent or so of Euro-zone gross domestic product and its labor force is one of the least productive on the continent.
Argentina has never been able to shake peronismo, which replaced the rule of law with governance by a troika of big labor, domestic producers and a corrupt political class.
If you find the above totally unconvincing, just remember that in the long run, the supply of labor is just as important in determining the level of domestic employment as the demand for labor.
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What is unfortunate within the Democratic Party debate is that an increasing populist domestic policy of pleasing labor unions has become paramount while highly important issues of national security and foreign policy are being pushed to the margins.
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What is unfortunate within the Democratic Party debate is that an increasing populist domestic policy of pleasing labor unions has become paramount while (which becomes more intense as the competition between the two candidates turns more intense and uncertain), highly important issues of national security and foreign policy are being pushed to the margins.
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Raw material costs have also risen from overseas and domestic sources, adding to labor cost pressures on the bottom line, survey respondents said.
Among the guests were national, state and local Hispanic community leaders, including Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Domestic Policy Director Cecilia Munoz, Colorado Lt.
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After buying National Steel last year, USS signed new labor contracts shrinking the combined domestic work force by 27%.
There are many reasons for this reversal: domestic energy costs are falling and Chinese labor costs are rising, for instance.
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In a new report this week, the International Labour Organization says that nearly 30% of the world's domestic workers are completely excluded from national labor laws.
They have been able to use the proceeds from commodities exporting, combined with their massive and incredibly competitive (cheap) labor forces, to strengthen their domestic finances.
To ensure labor peace over the years, domestic automakers negotiated union contracts that require them to pay workers even if their job has been permanently eliminated.
To enact his deeply unpopular domestic agenda, Obama relies for support on labor unions, the leftist leadership of the Democratic Party on Capitol Hill, the leftist media and pressure organizations like MoveOn.org.
The Labor party, like Lapid, stressed domestic problems while the new party Hatnua, led by former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni focused on peace talks.
"Our lawyers concluded that in the absence of a statement to the contrary from Congress, the Fair Labor Standards Act would apply, " domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed told The Associated Press.
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Kadima's recent increase in domestic support owes more to the breakup of the Labor Party than to Netanyahu's failure to carry out Kadima's policies of territorial surrender and diplomatic kowtowing to the UN, EU and Obama.
And this was before the recent rises in Chinese domestic prices and wage demands, and the increasingly severe labor shortages being experienced in the coastal provinces.
Industry leaders and labor groups want politicians to support policies that protect domestic export-driven businesses, and pundits point out that imports lead to trade deficits.
Since then, the Chinese government has supported higher wages in part to address labor unrest, but also as way to boost domestic consumption and reduce reliance on exports to expand the economy.
Released on Friday, the GDP report shows that Real Gross Domestic Product (the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the US) increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in Q2 of 2012.
Even on a level playing field, the relatively high cost of living in a prosperous America, combined with our regulatory and labor laws, will continue to limit the ability of domestic businesses to compete with those of many countries.
Then Tata Consulting Services and Infosys implemented global delivery systems using highly trained labor at a 10th the cost, practically wiping out the domestic vendors' traditional IT services business.
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In building that model, the Obama administration needs a division of labor: while Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner works to fix the domestic banks, the president's former rival, Hilllary Clinton, because she is known by heads of states and is highly respected, helps to save the world's economy.
The days of China being a cheap labor mill that relies on exports for growth are giving way to the rise of the Chinese domestic economy.
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