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  • Winter 2013 - 2014
    Regulation
    White House Skirts the Law in Expanding Davis-Bacon
    … midst of an infrastructure crisis. Besides higher labor costs, the effort of ensuring compliance also costs the entities covered by Davis‐​Bacon. For instance, Davis‐​Bacon‐​related paperwork forces firms to spend more than 8.8 million hours each year …
    By Ike Brannon and Sam Batkins
  • September 12, 2011
    Blog
    Davis-Bacon Rules Damage D.C.
    The Washington Post reports on a Labor Department decision that applies pro‐​union Davis‐​Bacon rules to the CityCenter development in Washington D.C. The ruling could push up costs on the project by $20 million by forcing firms to …
    By Chris Edwards
  • January 18, 1993
    Briefing Paper
    No. 17
    The Davis-Bacon Act: Let’s Bring Jim Crow to an End
    … continues to have discriminatory effects, its enforcement violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the law. President‐​elect Clinton and Labor Secretary‐​designate Reich should therefore exercise their power of “executive review” and refuse to enforce Davis‐​Bacon.
    By David E. Bernstein
  • October 17, 2012
    Book Forum
    The Case against the Davis-Bacon Act: 54 Reasons for Repeal
    Media Name: case-against-davis-barton.jpg The Davis‐​Bacon Act, the law that sets wages typically at or near the union rate for workers on billions of dollars worth of public works annually, has afflicted the construction industry for …
  • September 16, 2011
    Blog
    This Week in Government Failure
    Over at Downsizing the Federal Government, we focused on the following issues this past week: Federal Davis‐​Bacon rules could increase the price tag for Washington D.C.‘s CityCenter development by $20 million. The U.S. Postal Service is …
    By Tad DeHaven
  • March 19, 2007
    Blog
    Congress Puts Unions Above Taxpayers
    Governments are infamous for sordid policies that enrich the well‐​connected at the expense of taxpayers and consumers, and the Davis‐​Bacon law is a good example. Originally designed at least in part to block minorities from gaining jobs on …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
  • 2022
    Cato Handbook for Policymakers
    Labor and Employment Law
    Labor and Employment Law
    Congress should repeal the National Labor Relations Act; repeal the federal minimum wage, overtime, and other provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; repeal the Family and Medical Leave Act; repeal the Davis‐​Bacon Act (the 1931 law that requires …
    By Walter Olson
  • May 19, 2015
    Blog
    Reforming the Highway Trust Fund
    The best solution for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is simple: cut annual spending by $13 billion to match revenues.
    By Chris Edwards
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