Minimum Wage
Ronald Bailey Debunks New Minimum Wage Hocus Pocus
Magical thinking that hurts job seekers
San Francisco Minimum Wage Law Claims Scalp of Great Science Fiction/Fantasy Specialty Bookstore
Yes, a higher minimum wage can kill small businesses.
Marijuana Legalization, Minimum Wage Increase Both Winning in Alaska
With about a quarter of the vote counted
Developing: Minimum Wage Increases Winning in Neb., Ark., N.D.
Alaska and South Dakota also have votes
The State is No Friend of the Worker
Smashing the corporate state to free markets and workers
Socialists Push For $20 Minimum Wage But Won't Pay Workers That Much
Or, how to prove your beliefs don't work in the real world.
Guns, Drugs, and Money: Here's What's on State and Local Ballots in the 2014 Midterms
Ballot initiatives across the country offer more substance in the midterm elections than the battle for Senate control.
The Free Market Is the Best Antidote to Poverty
Left free, the market will provide the greatest benefit to workers, employers, and consumers.
Hiking the Minimum Wage Won't Help the Poor
Raising the price of labor is likely to do more harm than good.
Does Mary Poppins Want a Higher Minimum Wage Or Lower Taxes?
Mary Poppins is actually upset that her paycheck is too low after the government takes its cut.
Are Minimum-Wage Hikers Being Stingy?
They like one-sided research. They don't like that this research paints them as cheap.
A Modest Proposal to Ban Volunteering
If people aren't allowed to work for $7.24 an hour, even if they want to, then they darn well shouldn't be allowed to work for $0 an hour either.
How Raising the Minimum Wage Destroys Jobs
Computer screens are replacing workers at restaurants and stores.
More Minimum Wage Nonsense in New York
The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.
Obama's Overtime Gambit
For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.
Obama's Corporate Bully Pulpit
Should the White House announce an American version of royal warrants?
Obama Wants More Americans to Qualify for Overtime – Would His Plan Actually Work?
Will increasing the threshold to exempt supervisors from overtime give workers more pay or force more business cutbacks?
9 Reasons Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Idea
It's time for economic facts, not fallacies.
Paul Ryan Study Critiques Federal Poverty Spending as Hurting Poor — Income/Wage News Roundup
The way means-testing works discourages the poor from trying to increase earnings, he argues.
There Is No Economic Consensus on Obama's Policies
Yet the president insists "every economist" is pro-stimulus and in favor of the raising minimum wage.