Technology, Aided by Recession, Is Polarizing the Work World
From the NYT “Upshot” Blog by Claire Cain Miller: The American work force has been growing polarized for decades. On one end, there are highly skilled jobs like writing software…
What Standards of Child Labor Should Apply Overseas?
From today’s NYT “Room for Debate”: Child labor is condemned as immoral and exploitative, but despite pledges to crack down, international corporations continue to struggle to prevent minors from being…
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Germany and the Minimum Wage
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…
Review: Lost Jobs, Missing Workers, and Stagnant Wages
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…
The Economy May Be Improving. Worker Pay Isn’t.
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…
Does Tenure Protect Bad Teachers or Good Schools?
From today’s NYT “Room for Debate”: Teacher tenure laws deprive public school students of their right to an education by making it difficult to remove bad teachers, a California judge…
The Downward Ramp
From NYT’s “Opinion” by Thomas Edsall: With the bursting of the tech bubble at the start of the 21st century, two decades of growth at the high end of the…
Room for Debate: Overcoming the New Low-Wage Economy
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…
Breaking News: Seattle adopts $15 minimum wage, setting standard
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…
Editorial: “Why You Hate Work”
From NYT “SundayReview” by TONY SCHWARTZ and CHRISTINE PORAT: THE way we’re working isn’t working. Even if you’re lucky enough to have a job, you’re probably not very excited to…