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The U.S. economy is dynamic and difficult to read at any point in time. Currently, the labor market's low hiring rate and low layoff rate create a bifurcated experience for workers, depending on their employment status.

Full-time employment is a bug of the system, not a feature. In reality, if you lower transaction costs, we're going to see companies shrink, and we're going to see a lot more entrepreneurship.

Full-time employment is a bug of the system, not a feature. If you lower transaction costs, companies will shrink, and we'll see more entrepreneurship.

Undocumented workers in the U.S. are the most flexible, profitable workforce in history. They take jobs domestic workers don't want, work hard, and don't rely on unemployment insurance or Social Security when jobs dry up.

We have lower work rates than almost all of Europe. And it's in part because we're so mean to people who can't take a full-time job as is.

The U.S. labor market is currently characterized by a low hire, low fire environment. This means workers with jobs are secure, but new entrants or those unemployed face challenges finding employment.

There's about 30 million workers in the U.S. who don't have access to paid sick leave. That is an easy change that could make a huge difference for people who are affected by it.

Tradwives are the new multi-level marketing. They show us a fundamental weakness in our labor market, which is that high-quality part-time work for women doesn't exist.

Universal access to paid sick leave could make a huge difference. In certain cities, they've found as much as a $3,000 a year difference in earnings for women without a college degree who have a child when she has access to sick leave.

Basic labor regulations like paid family and medical leave, the right to work part-time, or flexible work arrangements could absolutely be part of our labor law. It's labor law in a lot of countries that would be considered our peers.