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The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
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.
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
Is the Minimum Wage Stimulating? Market Power
A blogger's critique of the argument that a minimum wage increase
leads to increased spending and thus to stimulus. August 2009
The impact of the recent federal minimum wage increases on the
tuna packing industry in American Samoa. 2009-2010
The Science President? Steven Horwitz, National Business Report blog
Unemployment statistics among youth and people of color since
the federal minimum wage increase last summer. December 2009
Gunnar Myrdal on the Minimum Wage. David Henderson
A blog about Myrdal's analysis of the new federal minimum
wage and Black labor in the south in the 1930s and 40s. January 2010
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 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 Heritage Foundation in 2005, an argument for abolishing the federal minimum wage and allowing the
states to set theirs at any level.
Two Sides of the Minimum Wage Coin. Brian Brenberg
A Harvard Business School student argues that a minimum
wage increase hurts those it is intended to help. March 2007
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