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Overview: Reading the Minimum Wage Debate
National Restaurant Association position on the minimum wage
U.S. Chamber of Commerce position on the minimum wage
National Federation of Independent Business position on minimum wage
Anti-minimum wage statements from three influential
business
organizations.
A misguided attempt to reduce poverty. David Kreutzer
Fallacies in John Edwards' campaign positions on the minimum
wage and other poverty-reduction measures. September 2007.
The Right Minimum Wage. George F. Will
From The Washington Post, the columnist
foresees passage of an increase only because of New Deal nostalgia and President Bush's reluctance to veto a feel-good issue.
January 2007
High Court Rules Against Home Aide on Wages. Steven Greenhouse
From the New York Times, coverage of the unanimous Supreme Court
decision to uphold the regulation exempting home care workers hired by agencies from overtime and minimum wage protection.
June 2007
The Economics of the Minimum Wage. Mickey Hepner
From Oklahoma, which has a high percentage of workers
on the federal minimum wage, the argument that raising the minimum wage puts poor people out of work. August 2006.
Arguments for abolishing minimum wages. Paul Zimmerman
A business owner's view, from a Web site for writers. February
2008
The Living Wage. Paul Krugman
From 1998, Krugman reviews a book on the living wage
and analyzes what he thinks is actually driving the living wage/minimum wage movement.
Ignoring Economics. Thomas Sowell
From 2005,
an argument that the minimum wage reduces the hiring of those who are disadvantaged not only by low skills but also by discrimination.
Sowell's examples include unemployed Muslim youth who rioted in France in October 2005 as well as young African-American
males in the U. S.
From the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy in May
2006, a rebuttal of claims that states with minimum wages above the federal level show greater job growth than other states.
From the Heritage Foundation in 2005, an argument for abolishing the federal minimum wage and allowing the
states to set theirs at any level.
2004. Heritage Foundation. Kersey argues that low-end wages increase on their own and that few workers stay
very long in minimum wage jobs.
Two Sides of the Minimum Wage Coin. Brian Brenberg
From the Harvard Business School student weekly, the
argument that a minimum wage increase hurts those it is intended to help. March 2007
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