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Minimum Wage
Denver's Proposed $15.87 Minimum Wage Hike 'Hurts the People It's Trying To Help'
The restaurant industry would likely suffer under the legislation.
Minimum Wage Hikes in NYC Are Forcing Businesses to Cut Jobs and Raise Prices
The mandated pay increases disproportionately impact the restaurant industry.
Mayor Pete Wants To Destroy the Gig Economy in Order To Save It
Buttigieg says the best way to move into 21st century is to revive 20th-century unions.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Wants a $20 Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers. That Would Likely Destroy the Restaurant Industry.
The Democratic congresswoman said that people cannot live off tips. People who live off tips beg to differ.
What Bernie Sanders Gets Wrong About the Minimum Wage
Politicians can’t repeal the laws of supply and demand.
Stossel: Minimum Wage Hurts Beginners
How Seattle’s $15 minimum wage killed entry-level jobs.
Bernie Sanders Gets a Lesson in What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean
But the campaign workers complaining about their union-negotiated salaries are being hypocritical too.
House Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill
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CBO Says $15 Federal Minimum Wage Will Cost 1.3 Million Jobs
The Congressional Budget Office says 17 million workers will see higher paychecks, but the poorest and least skilled are likely to be left out.
Democratic Contenders Apologize for Everything Except Their Lousy Economic Policies
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
Minimum Wage Boosts Are Great—For Robots
Making low-skill workers more expensive means getting them replaced by automation.
Bernie Sanders's 2020 Presidential Agenda Is a Giant Progressive Wishlist
Medicare for All, free college, breaking up the banks, a $15 minimum wage-the Vermont socialist wants to do it all.
New Jersey Increases Minimum Wage by 70 Percent
Gas station owners are unsure how they can afford to pay their pump attendants-which are mandated by state law.
Minimum Wage Hikes in New York City Cause Restaurants to Eliminate Jobs, Cut Hours, Raise Prices
Good intentions do not always lead to good outcomes.
Be Careful What You Wish for on the Minimum Wage
The laws of economics can't be repealed.
New York Passes Minimum Wage Law for Uber, Lyft Drivers, Hikes Costs To Riders
What happens when prices are increased by fiat? They go up, usually, and in this case they may increase traffic congestion, too.
Bernie Sanders Targets Walmart With Latest Anti-Corporate Crusade
After taking on Amazon, the democratic socialist has a new target: Walmart.
Voters in Two Deeply Conservative States Look Set to Approve Minimum Wage Increases Next Week. That's a Bad Idea.
Minimum wage ballot initiatives are often good politics, never good policy.
Pew Map Shows One Reason a National $15 Minimum Wage Won't Work
The value of $15 varies greatly across the country and even within the same states.
The $15 Minimum Wage Is Turning Hard Workers Into Black Market Lawbreakers
An in-depth look at New York's car wash industry, and the real world consequences of politicians interfering with a complex industry they don't understand.
D.C. Repeals a Minimum Wage Hike That Restaurant Workers Didn't Want
The poorly designed law would have left a lot of employees with less money rather than more.
Amazon's New $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage: Silencing the Critics or Keeping up With the Times?
What's behind Amazon's new minimum wage policy?
Higher Minimum Wages Blamed for Closure of Iconic NYC Coffee Shop Where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Worked
An ironic lesson in progressive policies, provided by an iconic New York City establishment and the left's rising star.
The War on Tipping
Activists want to "protect" restaurant workers right out of their jobs.
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.
