Oct 20 Column: $15 minimum wage won't hurt workers? Don't take it seriously By Mark J. Perry Many of us in the economics profession recognize that the minimum wage is a terrible and cruel public policy, one that reduces employment opportunities for the most vulnerable Americans. Continue reading
Oct 19 Will raises for many home care workers help senior citizens? By Jane Gottlieb, Kaiser Health News Home care workers in at least five states are set to receive hourly increases, but critics say bigger paychecks will not impact senior citizens. Continue reading
Oct 16 Five more states vote on minimum wage as federal wage stalls By Kristin Wyatt, Associated Press Congress' inaction on the $7.25 hourly minimum wage is again playing out on state ballots, with voters in four states considering an increase and another considering wages for the youngest workers… Continue reading
Oct 05 Column: The claim that if wages go up, jobs will go down is not a theory -- it's a scam By Nick Hanauer Opponents of the $15 minimum wage claim that if the minimum wage goes up, jobs will go down. But this is simply an intimidation tactic used by employers to keep wages down and keep profits high. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch This company raised minimum wage to $70,000 -- and it helped business By PBS News Hour In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company’s minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's… Continue watching
Sep 09 Column: Why a $15 minimum wage should scare us By Veronique de Rugy Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would be a boon to some workers, but the aggregate effect would be overwhelmingly negative. Continue reading
Aug 18 Why income inequality matters in this election By Josh Boak, Associated Press The rich keep getting richer while more Americans are getting left behind financially. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 7:13 Why are early childhood educators struggling to make ends meet? By PBS News Hour Science tells us that critical brain development in children begins well before kindergarten, so their care and education prior to starting school matter. But the very foundation of effective early education -- child care providers -- often struggle to earn… Continue watching
Aug 02 Column: Why a $15 minimum wage shouldn't scare us By John Komlos Raising the minimum wage has not hurt anyone except the boogeyman in the imagination of the 1 percenters and their entourage. Continue reading
Jul 09 Sanders scores platform victory, calls for $15 minimum wage By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Bernie Sanders' crusade to shape the Democratic party platform scored a win late Friday night, with the approval of an amendment calling for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 over time. Continue reading