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From 2007, many reasons to raise the minimum wage, with explanations
of the relation of the minimum wage to the living wage, to inflation, and to the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Like leading Dems, Romney favors automatic changes in minimum wage. USA Today
A summary of four candidates' positions. August 2007
Pay CEOs less, minimum wage workers more. Holly Sklar
Some jarring perspectives on the minimum wage level, even with the
increases. From a veteran writer on the issue. August 2007
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
National poll results and state minimum wages as of April 2006.
Candidate Calculator 2008 Election
From a site for veterans, succinct statements of the arguments for and against minimum wage increases.
California boosts minimum wage. ScrippsNews
One point four million workers get a raise. January 2008
From 2004 and 1999, two notable presentations to
a House of Representatives subcommittee by a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Higher Minimum Wage No Longer Seen as Sure-Fire U.S. Job Killer. Kim Chipman
From Bloomberg, a 2006 article on changing attitudes towards
minimum wage employment effects among economists and business leaders.
The Minimum Wage, Labor, and Politics. Rick Wolff
An economist's skeptical view of the political dynamics behind
the minimum wage debate. September 2006
An interview with the editor of this site.
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