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The Daily Signal

How Many Biden Appointees ‘Burrowed in’ to the Permanent Bureaucracy?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/05/2025

The Daily Signal cited CEI’s expert on political career placements Sean Higgins, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, also highlighted the threat of…

Business and Government

The Daily Signal

The Sneaky Way Government Unions Rake in Taxpayer Money, and How Congress Can Fight It in Reconciliation

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/24/2025

The Daily Signal quoted CEI’s expert on budget reconciliation To drive the point home, Stern noted, “Your tax dollars quite literally go to pay for…

Business and Government

Citation

Could Nippon still buy U.S. Steel after Biden blocked the deal?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/03/2025

NPR’s Marketplace interviewed CEI’s expert on Biden blocking Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel Listen to more at Marketplace…

Business and Government

The Washington Times

Retail industry projects surge in post-Christmas regifting and returns

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/26/2024

The Washington Times quoted CEI’s expert on regifting in the retail industry The problem is that regifting ‘can suggest a certain laziness on the part…

Consumer Choice

CNN

Trump’s Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn’t mean his administration will be

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/23/2024

CNN’s Chris Isidore relays Sean Higgins’s misgivings about the Trump Labor Dept. nominee “While it is hard to predict what (Chavez-DeRemer) would do as a…

Business and Government

The Washington Times

Survey finds inflation chilling Christmas shopping plans

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/05/2024

The Washington Times cited CEI’s expert on inflation “Before the pandemic, inflation was practically nonexistent, having fallen to 0.1% in May 2020,” said Sean Higgins,…

Banking and Finance

Washington Examiner

Biden’s best efforts could not keep unions from declining or defecting to GOP

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/03/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert on Biden’s efforts on unionization Sean Higgins, a labor researcher at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, attributed the…

Business and Government

Citation

2024 minimum wage ballot measures: What to know

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/29/2024

The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert who commented on minimum wage mandates. But critics think that wages shouldn’t be completely set by the government…

Labor and Employment

Capital Research Center

Episode 336: Do You Need To Stock Up On Toilet Paper? 

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/04/2024

Capital Research Council cited CEI’s expert on the state of the economy As the country moves through a contentious election season, where the state…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

‘Sleeping Giant’: US Could Be Inches Away From Another Economic Crisis As Massive Port Strike Looms

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/03/2024

Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on the border economy “The Biden administration has a record of stepping in and forcing a deal if they…

Business and Government

Rumble

Rumble- Mike Ferguson in the Morning 10-02-24

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/02/2024

NewsTalksSTL cited CEI’s expert on deregulation…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

What a looming disastrous dock strike would mean for the nation

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/28/2024

Read more at the Washington Examiner…

Business and Government

Reason

Instead of Vote-Buying Tax Promises, Let’s Have Real Plans for Tax Relief

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/25/2024

Reason cited CEI’s expert on exempting overtime pay On a more serious note, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Sean Higgins thought exempting overtime pay “wouldn’t necessarily be…

Financial Regulation

The American Thinker

Labor unions are turning into roach motels for generations of workers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/19/2024

The American Thinker quoted CEI’s expert on unionized workers Sean Higgins, a former colleague at Investor’s Business Daily, now at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

Trump’s ‘no taxes on overtime’ proposal: What to know

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/14/2024

Washington Examiner quoted CEI’s expert on no-tax-on-overtime proposal Sean Higgins was quoted in the Washington Examiner concerning Trump’s dubious no-tax-on-overtime proposal. “It’s not clear how many people…

Business and Government

Issues & Insights

What We’re Reading: Urbanist Dreams, Kamala’s ‘Bluetooth’ Earrings, Climate Indoctrination … And More

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/13/2024

Issues & Insights cited CEI’s article for some headlines that caught their eye. Just 5 percent of private sector workers voted for their unions —…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

Report suggests that real wages have fallen as inflation rose over past four years

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/27/2024

The Washington Times cited CEI’s experts on real wages & rising inflation Sean Higgins, an analyst at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the Pew…

Labor and Employment

TheLarsLarsonShow

Sean Higgins What Do The Revised Job Numbers Tell Us About The Future Of Our Economy

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/23/2024

CEI expert was featured on TheLarsLarson Show to comment on the financial state of the economy Listen to more at TheLarsLarson Show…

Banking and Finance

The Washington Times

More than 75% of hotels report nagging labor shortages despite wage hikes

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/11/2024

The Washington Times cited CEI’s experts on wage hikes The problem is that immigrants have better job options in a “historically tight” labor market, said…

Labor and Employment

The Center Square

As the U.S. adds jobs, Illinois continues to lag in unemployment numbers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/22/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in The Center Square on worker shortages: Researcher Sean Higgins with the Competitive Enterprise Institute said despite the robust job…

Labor and Employment

Washington Times

Past the tipping point? Survey finds most Americans say tipping is ‘out of control’

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/28/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in an article on the Washington Times about tipping in American businesses: Sean Higgins, an analyst at the libertarian…

Consumer Choice

Daily Caller

This Union Is Plotting To Take Over The Auto Industry. Can It Be Done?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/24/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in the Daily Caller a union agenda to take over the auto industry: “Chattanooga is anybody’s guess,” Sean Higgins,…

Private Unions

Daily Caller

Biden Is Pushing Unions To Strike — But Not Just In The Way You Think

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/16/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in Daily Caller on union related strikes: “Inflation is likely spurring some of the strike activity,” Sean Higgins, a…

Labor and Employment

Washington Times

Two-thirds of hotels report staff shortages despite record wages

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/05/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins was cited in the Washington Times on hotel staffing shortages: However, Sean Higgins, an analyst at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Dem Demands On Automakers Could Backfire On Their Own Climate Agenda And Americans’ Wallets, Experts Say

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/17/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in the Daily Caller about Democrat’s demands on automakers: “The leadership of the UAW is publicly backing the EV push…

Energy

Daily Caller

Biden Admin’s Latest Labor Rule Poised To Upend Key Sector Of The Economy

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/14/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins was cited in the Daily Caller on a recent labor rule: “The consequence is that it gives regulators new powers to…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

GOP tees up effort to roll back Biden’s ‘overly broad’ joint employer rule

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/11/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited in the Washington Examiner on recent GOP efforts to roll back an ‘overly broad’ joint employer rule: Sean Higgins, a…

Labor and Employment

Citation

GOP tees up effort to roll back Biden’s ‘overly broad’ joint employer rule

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/11/2024

CEI’s Sean Higgins is cited on the Washington Examiner about a GOP effort to rollback employer rules: Sean Higgins, a labor policy expert at the…

Labor and Employment

Citation

As more workers take to picket lines, the labor movement is having a moment

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/11/2023

Higher wages are also driving up inflation, said Sean Higgins, a labor policy expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank. “I don’t…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

Labor Department to issue pro-union final rule on construction worker pay: Report

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/07/2023

Washington Examiner cites CEI’s Sean Higgins on union regulations: Sean Higgins, a research fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Washington Examiner that the key…

Labor and Employment

Wall Street Journal

House Approves Imposing Railroad Labor Deal, Paid Sick Leave Measure

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/30/2022

The White House said Mr. Biden broadly supports providing more sick leave for rail workers, but he opposes measures that could slow down passage of…

Private Unions

The Center Square

Washington Supreme Court ruling could boost the cost of public works

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/14/2022

Washington state constitutional questions aside, Competitive Enterprise Institute research fellow Sean Higgins doesn’t believe the law is an improvement. “‘Prevailing wage…

Private Unions

Reason

Biden Chips Away at Trump’s Deregulatory Legacy With New Gig Worker Rule

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/11/2022

Sean Higgins, a labor policy researcher at the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, says that litigation chaos is unlikely given that…

Deregulation

The Washington Times

Critics of NLRB’s ‘joint employer’ rule predict job losses, more red tape for businesses

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/07/2022

The Washington Times cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on the NLRB joint employer rule: The board’s apparent goal is to encourage collective…

Labor and Employment

The Hill

Authorizing congressional unions won’t end Democrats’ labor troubles

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/10/2022

The Hill cites CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins discussing congressional unions: Regarding unions, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Sean Higgins explains that then-Speaker…

Deregulation

Freedom Works

AUDIO: Sean Higgins of CEI on job gains

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/10/2022

CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins discusses job gains on Freedom Works Radio.

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

Teachers’ unions scrutinized over Harvard study of COVID-19 learning

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/11/2022

The Washington Times cites CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins on teachers’ unions: Sean Higgins, a research associate at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, said these…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

Tech Companies Offer Big Money to Summer Interns for In-Person Work

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/07/2022

The Washington Times cites research Fellow Sean Higgins on the future of in-person versus remote internships: “This may lead to internships morphing…

Labor and Employment

Citation

AUDIO: Sean Higgins Joins the Bob Harden Show

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/25/2022

Research Fellow Sean Higgins joins the Bob Harden Show to discuss unions.

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

American Consumers See Drop in Restaurant, Retail Quality from Labor Shortage, Study Finds

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/03/2022

The Washington Times cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on costs of pandemic to restaurant business: Sean Higgins, a research fellow specializing in…

Labor and Employment

The Boston Globe

Workers Organizing at McLean Hospital Face Staunch Resistance

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/03/2022

The Boston Globe cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on union membership: Given that only 6 percent of the private-sector workforce is organized,…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

Biden Administration Probe of Supply Chain Woes Slammed as ‘Demagoguery’

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr., Sean Higgins
  • 11/30/2021

The Washington Times cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins and Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the current supply chain crisis: But researchers at…

Business and Government

The Washington Examiner

Longshoreman Union Boss Sits on Long Beach Harbor Commission Making Policy

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/01/2021

The Washington Examiner cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on the current supply chain crisis: Sean Higgins, a supply chain expert with the…

Labor and Employment

The Center Square

Feds To Pay Hundreds Per Child To American Families; Critics Warn Of Economic Fallout

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/27/2021

The Center Square cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on tax credits: “In and of itself, making the full child tax credit payments…

Deregulation

WORLD

Help wanted but hard to find

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/20/2021

WORLD cites research fellow Sean Higgins on the workforce and COVID-19: Analysts point to different factors behind this conundrum. Sean Higgins, a…

Deregulation

WORLD

PODCAST: Help Desperately Wanted

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/06/2021

WORLD’s podcast, “Help Desperately Wanted,” cited Senior Fellow Sean Higgins on unemployment and COVID-19: Sean Higgins is a research fellow at the…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

Biden Creates Task Force to Spur Unionization of U.S. Workforce

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/26/2021

The Washington Times cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on pro-union steps taken by president Biden: Sean Higgins, a research fellow with the…

Labor and Employment

Reason

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Would Overturn ‘Right-To-Work’ Laws in 27 States

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/01/2021

Reason cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on the PRO Act: “The PRO Act does strengthen unions, but it does so mainly by…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Times

With an Eye on Prosperity

  • By: Iain Murray, Kent Lassman, Ryan Young, Sean Higgins
  • 03/16/2021

The Washington Times cites CEI’s publication, Free to Prosper, and related online event: The Competitive Enterprise Institute will release “Free to Prosper,”…

Regulatory Reform

The Washington Examiner

The Davis-Bacon Act May Present Challenges To Biden’s Infrastructure Plans

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/07/2021

The Washington Examiner cites Research Fellow Sean Higgins on the Davis-Bacon Act: One of the reasons for the delay was the Obama…

Labor and Employment

Reason

Department of Labor Proposes New Rule Protecting the Right To Be a Gig Worker

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/24/2020

Reason cites research fellow Sean Higgins on California’s AB5 rule: The new rule “is definitely a reaction” to the California law, says Sean Higgins, a research…

Labor and Employment

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