Higher Minimum Wage, Faster Job Creation
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 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 July 23, 2014 NYT “Room for Debate”: Part-time jobs often come with fluctuating, on-call schedules and – because of the uncertain hours – inconsistent pay. This can make…
From today’s NYT by Steven Greenhouse: The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Tuesday that McDonald’s is jointly responsible for workers at its franchisees’ restaurants, a…
From today’s NYT blog “The Upshot” by Justin Wolfers: Since North Carolina effectively eliminated unemployment benefits last year for people unemployed 20 weeks or more, the state has become a…
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…
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 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…
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…