Minimum Wage – Its Role in the Youth Employment Crisis
By Randall Pozdena, Ph.D. Introduction and Executive Summary This paper examines the history…
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There’s Never Enough Money for Government
By John A. Charles, Jr. The news from Portland is that despite record…
Read Blog DetailEducational Choice: A “Ticket to the Future” for Every Child
By Kathryn Hickok Derrell Bradford has spent his adult life passionately advocating for…
Read Blog DetailMaking Youth Unemployment Worse
The unintended negative effects of raising minimum wage rates By Randall Pozdena and…
Read Blog DetailPolicy Picnic – January 25, 2017
Please join us for our monthly Policy Picnic led by special guest Bobbie Jager …
Read Blog DetailCascade Report Finds Long-Term Negative Impacts on Youth from Oregon’s New Minimum Wage Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Steve Buckstein Senior Policy Analyst Cascade Policy Institute…
Read Blog DetailNo Standing in Lines, Just Amazon Go
By Lydia White Amazon has introduced its new line of physical stores: Amazon…
Read Blog DetailTestimony Before the Oregon State Land Board on the Sale of State Trust Lands
Cascade Policy Institute President and CEO John A. Charles, Jr. presented a version…
Read Blog DetailWES Is an Energy Hog
By Allison Coleman In 2009 the regional transit agency, TriMet, opened a commuter…
Read Blog DetailPortland’s Regional Transit Strategy Is Not Working
By John A. Charles, Jr. The Portland Auditor released the 2016 Annual Community…
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