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From a site for veterans, succinct statements of the arguments for and against minimum wage increases.
Debate: Minimum Wage. International Debate Education Association
A debate prep site with densely stated pros and cons. 2008
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
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 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Though some of the 2006 numbers here are a little outdated, the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.
From 2004 and 1999, two notable presentations to
a House of Representatives subcommittee by a former senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
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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