Growth Without Jobs
From yesterday’s NYT editorial: In a statement last Wednesday — just hours after the government reported headline-grabbing economic growth of 4 percent in the second quarter —the Federal Reserve said…
From yesterday’s NYT editorial: In a statement last Wednesday — just hours after the government reported headline-grabbing economic growth of 4 percent in the second quarter —the Federal Reserve said…
From yesterday’s NYT “Taking Note” Blog by Teresa Tritch: The standard argument against a higher minimum wage is that it will lead to job loss as employers, unable to pay…
From the New York Times Editorial Board: The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is obviously too low. So is the Democrats’ proposed increase to $10.10 an hour by…
From NYT’s “Business Day” by ALICIA PARLAPIANO, SHAILA DEWAN and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ: In the five years since the United States began its slow climb out of the deepest recession…
From NYT’s “The Upshot” by Neil Irwin: The latest economic data out Tuesday morning was generally good. Home building activity remained above the one million a year rate. Consumer prices…
From the NYT “Room for Debate” by Robert Reich: By raising its minimum wage to $15, Seattle is leading a long-overdue movement toward a living wage. Most minimum wage workers…
From today’s NYT’s by Kirk Johnson: SEATTLE — The City Council here went where no big-city lawmakers have gone before on Monday, raising the local minimum wage to $15 an…