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Free the Freelancers

Economics · Freedom · Small Business · Captions

About This Video

What’s the best way to protect the rights of workers? Let them determine their own job preferences, or mandate that companies provide them with certain protections? California has chosen to take the latter path. Has it worked? Is it a victory for workers, or a debilitating defeat? Patrice Onwuka of the Independent Women’s Forum looks into these questions. Her findings may surprise you.

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Standards Met in Ohio

  • AMH.9-12.19.lp.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify the Great Depression as an economic crisis resulting from the lack of regulation of the economy by the federal government.
  • EFL.9-12.4.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify an economic system.
  • EFL.9-12.8.lp.hGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thEngage in choice making.
  • SS.5.14.lp.eGrades 5thEngage in making a choice.
  • SS.7.19.lp.jGrades 7thEngage in making a choice.