On Minimum Wage, Democrats Have Lost Their Marbles
And grasp of elementary economy logic
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
Politicians ignore the economic consequences of central planning and hope voters will reward them for it.
A shrug in the direction of California's poorer counties
Legislators hurry to act before the alarm bells can be rung.
Lessons in how to make double-digit unemployment permanent.
Low-wage jobs are stepping stones for young employees.
Warns $15-an-hour jump would wreck state budgeting.
Success is seen as a disaster when you care more about income inequality than mobility.
L.A. County creates enforcement squad, considers more business licensing.
Somebody should picket for mandatory economics classes.
Unions sponsor dueling propositions to raise pay minimums to $15
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on entrepreneurship, snobbery, and the minimum wage
This is an idea that's become increasingly common amongst more liberal Democratic politicians and policymakers.
An extremely predictable lesson in consequences
This doesn't mean no one is harmed by the minimum wage, for a number of reasons.
War on teen opportunity
They're jealous, he says, they side with rulers, and they don't understand how markets work.
Good intentions and unintended effects.
Why should voters have a say in consensual relations between people?
"Here's ad: $10/day 4 apprentice," Deputy Metro Editor Michael Luo tweeted
Urges $15 minimum wage on chain restaurants & says, "This is just the beginning. We will not stop until we reach true economic justice."
An idea so great everybody is worried what will happen if other cities don't follow suit.
'Obamacare is working quite well,' said Krugman.
The celebrity chef talks about America's food revolution, and the overzealous regulators who threaten it
Demands $15 per hour by 2020.
It's harder to do good for someone if doing good costs a lot more. And employing someone is often doing good for them.
Corrupt labor leader has the gall to call his rule-bending 'freedom'
Government intervention is never the panacea some on the left want to believe.
Reactionary policy tends to be bad policy.
Even if Asian nail salons are as exploitative and toxic as the Times says, the answer isn't more government oversight.
Power to the individual, not to the state!
Los Angeles and Seattle institute or contemplate big minimum wage hikes, and the furor over how restaurants will be affected continues.
Pricing yourself out of the market is not so smart