How Raising the Minimum Wage Destroys Jobs
Computer screens are replacing workers at restaurants and stores.
Computer screens are replacing workers at restaurants and stores.
The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.
For politicians, meddling in markets means never having to say you're sorry.
Should the White House announce an American version of royal warrants?
Will increasing the threshold to exempt supervisors from overtime give workers more pay or force more business cutbacks?
It's time for economic facts, not fallacies.
The way means-testing works discourages the poor from trying to increase earnings, he argues.
Yet the president insists "every economist" is pro-stimulus and in favor of the raising minimum wage.
Made the comment in interview with The Weekly Standard
The pros and cons of a welfare idea championed by liberals and libertarians alike
Because they found economists who say otherwise
Why not worry about your own problems there, Mr. President?
Now $10.10 an hour
If New York City regulations didn't make the place so expensive to live ...
The fact that they often can't contribute nearly as much labor is apparently not relevant
Telling Congress "we" deserve a raise
Does he realize the giant stands to benefit as the increase hurts smaller competitors?
Says uncooperative Republicans have left Obama with few options other than acting unilaterally
President expected to announce increase in minimum wage for new federal contract workers
Made the comment in letter to investors
Expected to suggest a minimum rate of $10.10 at the State of the Union
96 percent of them, in fact
Preet Bharara's wage crusade will hurt foreign housekeepers.
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