{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec2e57b98b0d1451230376a/5ecea0f0ad217753946a7994?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Should the United States Mandate Paid Family Leave?","description":"<p>As&nbsp;families&nbsp;try&nbsp;to balance work and&nbsp;childcare,&nbsp;a popular answer&nbsp;is&nbsp;to have government mandate paid family leave. Will mandating&nbsp;paid leave help families&nbsp;or&nbsp;could&nbsp;a law&nbsp;hurt the very workers&nbsp;it is meant to help?&nbsp;Veronique de&nbsp;Rugy, senior research fellow&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Mercatus&nbsp;Center and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute;&nbsp;Rachel&nbsp;Greszler, research fellow at the Heritage Foundation;&nbsp;and Camille Busette, director and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution will discuss in this episode: should the United States mandate paid family leave?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn More: </strong></p><ul><li>\"<a href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/covid-19-is-not-a-good-reason-to-enact-a-permanent-federal-paid-leave-entitlement/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 Is Not a Good Reason to Enact a Permanent Federal Paid-Leave Entitlement</a>,\" By Veronique de Rugy and Donald J. Boudreaux</li><li>\"<a href=\"https://www.aier.org/article/how-to-claim-a-paid-leave-victory-that-isnt/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Claim a Paid-Leave Victory That Isn’t</a>,\" By Veronique de Rugy</li><li>\"<a href=\"https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/parental-leave-there-case-government-action\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Parental Leave: Is There a Case for Government Action?</a>\" By Vanessa Brown Calder</li><li>\"<a href=\"https://www.cato.org/survey-reports/cato-institute-2018-paid-leave-survey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Poll: 74% of Americans Support Federal Paid Leave Program When Costs Not Mentioned — 60% Oppose if They Got Smaller Pay Raises in the Future</a>,\" By Emily Ekins</li></ul>","author_name":"Cato Institute"}