Stossel: The End of Tipping?
Activists want to increase minimum wage for tipped workers.
Minimum Wage
Republican Governor Signs $15 Minimum Wage Bill in Terrible 'Grand Bargain'
The Republican governor of Massachusetts just made a deal to give away more freebies and keep taxes high.
Washington, D.C.'s Fight Over Restaurant Tips and Wages Is Coming to a City Near You
Cities like San Francisco and Seattle have already passed similar laws, and more states are currently evaluating the costs of doing the same.
In D.C., Initiative 77 Would Raise the Minimum Wage for Bartenders and Servers. Many Don't Want It.
The national union-backed effort would eliminate tips in favor of higher hourly pay. That's "giving help to people who don't want it," restaurant workers say.
Don't Blame the Minimum Wage for Those Self-Service Kiosks at McDonald's
Government-mandated price hikes do a lot of things. Spurring technological innovation is not one of them.
A One-Page Provision About Minor League Baseball Shows How Broken Congress' Legislative Process Is
Congress kneecapped minor league ballplayers' lawsuit with last week's omnibus bill. Even if that was the right thing to do, the way it was done is wrong.
Minimum Wage Hikes Inflict Maximum Pain
Hiking the minimum wage is feel-good humanitarian idea that's guaranteed to hurt actual humans.
Seattle's Minimum Wage Killed the 'Five-Dollar Footlong'
Unfortunately, that's not all it's doing.
'Economists Say' a Lot of Things. Many of Them Are Wrong
Appeals to what 'economists say' is used to coat liberal policy positions with a veneer of scientific certitude.
Report: California's $15 Minimum Wage Will Destroy 400,000 Jobs
A loss of opportunities equal to about four percent of the workforce.
Federal Labor Board Reverses Bad Decision that Made Corporations Responsible for Franchise Decisions
Union influence (and the pursuit of deep pockets) temporarily overruled economic literacy and common sense.
Is Trump Really Trying to Steal Employees' Tips?
The latest hysterical overreaction to a regulatory rollback
Puzder on Minimum Wage, Automation, and Withdrawing as Trump's Labor Secretary Nominee
The former fast food restaurant CEO says a $15 wage floor steals opportunities from entry-level workers.
Minimum Wage: Bad for Humans, Good for Robots
Outlawing cheap labor comes with a lot of disastrous consequences.
The Minimum Wage Cut in St. Louis is Bad Politics, Good Policy
Despite the selective outrage from media and politicians, St. Louis workers will be better off without a higher minimum wage.
Is It Time to Start Dismissing 'Economics Deniers'?
Minimum wage laws have negative effects whether or not their advocates acknowledge them.
Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage is Hurting the Workers It's Intending to Help
A new study reminds us that the law of supply and demand still applies to labor
Minneapolis City Council Ignores Damning Seattle Study, Passes Its Own $15 Minimum Wage
Workers and business owners have pleaded with council members to consider the cost of their action.
Seattle's Businesses Buckling Under Increased Minimum Wage
A new University of Washington study finds that workers are losing $125 a month in lost hours thanks to the city's minimum wage law.
Seattle Surprise: When You Raise Prices by Gov't Diktat, People Usually Buy Less
A new "very credible" study on $15 minimum wage validates law of supply and demand.
Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted by Drunken Man
The future of human-robot relations is silly and sensible, not sinister.
Missouri Legislature Votes To Put Brakes on St. Louis Minimum Wage
The bill still requires the signature of a non-committal Gov. Greitens.
St. Louis Fights Reality, Boosts Minimum Wage
Job losses and price increases are on the horizon.
It Costs a Lot When Government Sets Prices
Be it cigarettes, imported products, or even labor.
Will the New York Times' Labor Reporting Ever Get the Facts Straight?
After an embarrassing correction, the paper mangles the details again.
Minimum Wage Increases Make Restaurants More Likely to Fail
Every $1 increase in minimum wage makes mid-level restaurants 14 percent more likely to fail, Harvard economists say. Workers, business owners, consumers lose.
San Diego's Experiment With Higher Minimum Wage: 4,000 Fewer Restaurant Jobs
San Diego's restaurant recession is another data point suggesting that making it more expensive to employ people causes fewer people to be employed. Shocker.
Baltimore Mayor Supported $15 Minimum Wage Until She Learned What It Would Do to City's Economy
It's no April Fool's joke. Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoes a $15/hour wage mandate, citing economic concerns.
Minimum Wage Increases Kick In; Start Watching for Winners and Losers
Some businesses can't handle the increased burdens.
Did California Violate Constitution with Law 'Punishing' Two Firms?
Fruit growers that ran afoul of the union were denied legal protection other companies received.
Andy Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Secretary, is a Fast Food CEO Who Has Criticized Obamacare and the Minimum Wage
He also wants to build a fully automated, employee-free restaurant.
Pot, Death, and Minimum Wage: 6 Things to Pay Attention to This Election
There's more to this election than Trump and Clinton.
Venezuela Raises Minimum Wage, Public Sector Pay to Quell Protests
Government responds to inflationary pressure by contributing to it.
Leaked Clinton Emails Reveal that Even Democratic Policy Advisers Worry a $15 Federal Minimum Wage Would Cost Jobs
The Democratic presidential candidate knows a $15 an hour federal minimum would cost jobs, but supports it anyway.
Hillary Forgets the Growth Lessons of Bill's Presidency
In order to appease far-left voters, she's abandoning economic literacy.
Fight For $15 Meets Reality: D.C. Restaurants Lost 1,400 Jobs During First Half of 2016
In a shocking twist, D.C. is not exempt to the basic laws of economics.
Donald Trump Supports a $10 Minimum Wage—Or Does He?
Trump contradicts himself three times while answering a simple question-then offers another contradiction to clarify.
Bernie Sanders Minus War, Weed, and Surveillance Is Just a Shouty Statist
In order to achieve "unity" with Hillary Clinton, the democratic socialist drops most everything that made him interesting
The Double Standard on Low-Wage Work
Democrats love unpaid interns. Republicans more likely to pay them.
Having Helped Shape the Dems Platform, Sanders Throws Support Behind Clinton
Got his minimum wage plank and Clinton's support for free college.
That Time When Raising the Minimum Wage Cut the Number of Jobs
Boston Globe provides inadvertent economics lesson.
$15 Minimum Wage Could Kill Up to 5 Million Jobs
Forward comrades to the unemployment lines and soup kitchens!
Sanders Supporters May Lose the Presidency Today, but Win the Party
Even as Clinton reaches the delegate threshold, the Dems attempt to cater.
Minimum Wage vs. the Carwasheros
New York's new $15 wage floor pits man against machine.
