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From a site for veterans, succinct statements of the arguments for and against minimum wage increases.
Three sets of valuable minimum wage resources from a progressive
research organization: facts at a glance, tables and charts, and other related EPI publications. Updated 2009
Two presentations to a House of Representatives subcommittee
in 1999 and 2004 that make the liberal case for the minimum wage clearly. From a former senior economist at the Economic
Policy Institute and advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden.
Bill Moyers' Journal: Holly Sklar on wages and work
A 12-minute interview with a veteran writer on the erosion of hourly
wages. June 2008
Minimum wage hikes don't eliminate jobs, study finds. UCBerkelyNews
In comparing counties opposite each other along the borders of states with different minimums,
the study also claims to have escaped the flaws of other minimum wage studies based on national or local figures. December
2010
Fox's John Stossel is Wrong to Oppose the Minimum Wage. Huffington Post
From Anne Thompson of the National Employment Law Project, a solid
rebuttal of the TV commentator's argument that a higher minimum wage kills jobs and is wasted on teenagers. January 2011
Could Courts Outlaw the Minimum Wage? Time Magazine
The legal history of the minimum wage and the possible consequences
of making it unconstitutional. October 2010
Minimum Wage Hike and a Tight Economy. National Public Radio
When the federal minimum wage rose to $6.55, NPR heard from an economist
about the impact on small businesses and their low wage workers. July 2008
Adam Smith on the Minimum Wage?
A passage on necessary wages from The Wealth of Nations.
Maximum Support for Raising the Minimum. Pew Research Center
Though some of the 2006
numbers here are a little outdated, the commentary about durable attitudes towards the minimum wage is useful.
Two 2007 articles by an Economic Policy Institute economist analyzing two common responses to minimum wage
increases: that tax cuts are needed to offset the added cost to small businesses and that the earned income tax credit is
a more effective way to help the working poor.
Facebook: Interns Must Be Paid the Minimum Wage
The Facebook page under this title, maintained in England, supports young people who can't find a permanent
job without a work history and yet can't afford to serve as interns without pay.
Tune In, Walk Out. The Harvard Crimson
In the spirit of the Occupy movement, Harvard students walk out on
an economics professor whose positions on the minimum wage and other topics they consider simplistic and one-sided.
November 2011
Minimum wage increases may have less of an effect on employment than previously thought. Illinois University
Summary of a study focused on Illinois and other midwest states between
2003 and 2005. October 2008
Using the Minimum Wage to Beat the Competition. New York Times
From the Times "Freakonomics" blog, comments on use of the minimum
wage in Germany's postal service to force competitors to raise wages. 2008
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