There is a concerted effort for the state to emerge as a post-pandemic economic leader.

How is Georgia’s economy faring these days?

There is good news, to an extent. Though the state’s unemployment rate ticked up in July, unemployment remained near historical lows (3.4%) — and lower than the national rate of 4.3 percent. According to one Georgia chief executive, “There is no material stress building up in the labor market.”

Continue reading at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

 

 

 

Edward Timmons, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at St. Francis University, writes frequently on the history and rise of occupational licensing and it’s relation to economic mobility.

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