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…
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…
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…
Republicans’ War on Workers’ Rights
From the New York Times blog “The Great Divide” by Corey Robin: Midterm elections are like fancy software: Experts love them, end-users couldn’t care less. But if the 2010 elections…
NPR Reports: Does Raising the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs?
NPR’s David Kestenbaum investigates the question, Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs? Here is an overview: President Obama has called for increasing the minimum wage, saying it will help…
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The Clear Benefits of a Higher Wage
From the New York Times Editorial Board: Republicans sputtered with outrage when the Congressional Budget Office said that immigration reform would lower the deficit, strengthen Social Security and speed up…
Outrage Over Wall Street Pay, but Shrugs for Silicon Valley?
From the New York Times Blog “DealBook” by Steven Davidoff: Big paydays on Wall Street often come under laserlike scrutiny, while Silicon Valley gets a pass on its own compensation…
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Minimum Wage Increase Would Have Mixed Effects, CBO Report Says
From the New York Times by Annie Lowrey: A popular Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, championed by President Obama, could reduce total employment by…
Tax subsidies and incentives to work
From the NYT “Economix” Blog” by Uwe Reinhardt: Last week a brouhaha erupted over a passage in Appendix C of a Congressional Budget Office report, Budget and Economic Outlook 2014-24.…