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Raising the Minimum Wage Isn't Just Good Politics. It's Good Economics, Too
By Noam Scheiber • The New Republic • December 31, 2013 • 1,300 Words
Minimum Wage Takes Center Stage
By Steve Benen • MSNBC • December 31, 2013 • 400 Words
The US Can Learn Something About Minimum Wage from the Rest of the World
The United States' federal minimum wage is $7.25. Mexico's is $5. Per day. Germany doesn't even have one — yet.
By Alex Leff • The Global Post • December 31, 2013 • 1,800 Words
Democrats Turn to Minimum Wage as 2014 Strategy
By Jonathan Martin and Michael D. Shear • The New York Times • December 30, 2013 • 1,200 Words
Conservatives for More Welfare
By Ron Unz • The Unz Review • December 30, 2013 • 1,000 Words
A Minimum Wage Increase Is Great, But Full Employment Would be Better
If we want to make a serious dent in income inequality, raising the minimum wage is a Band-Aid—the first step must be a genuine push for jobs for every American who wants to work.
By Jamelle Bouie • The Daily Beast • December 30, 2013 • 500 Words
This Chart Explains Why the Minimum Wage Should be Raised Immediately
By Stephano Medina • PolicyMic • December 30, 2013 • 600 Words
Minimum Wage and Democrats
By Lion • Lion of the Blogosphere • December 30, 2013 • 200 Words
Democrats in Governor's Races Eye Minimum Wage Increase
By Marc Levy • Associated Press • December 29, 2013 • 1,000 Words
Businesses Back Min-Wage Hike
By Tom Dretler and Kip Hollister • The Boston Herald • December 28, 2013 • 600 Words
Conservative Businessman Submits Ballot Initiative to Raise Minimum Wage to $12 in CA
By Icarus Verum • I Acknowledge • December 28, 2013 • 1,400 Words
Minimum-Wage Politics Good for Dems, But Will They Raise It?
By Sara Kugler • MSNBC • December 27, 2013 • 500 Words
Back to the Minimum Wage Topic
By Lion • Lion of the Blogosphere • December 26, 2013 • 300 Words
Democrats See Benefits from Obama's Long-Shot Minimum Wage Push
By Mark Felsenthal • Reuters • December 24, 2013 • 800 Words
'Living Wage' Effort Eclipsed By Minimum-Pay Battles
By Liz Halloran • NPR • December 24, 2013 • 600 Words
Are Walmart and McDonald's 'Welfare Queens'?
By Adam Ozimek • Forbes • December 24, 2013 • 900 Words
The Minimum Wage Is About the Middle Class
By Oren Levin-Waldman • The Baltimore Sun • December 23, 2013 • 800 Words
13 States Will Raise Their Minimum Wage for the New Year
By David Jamieson • The Huffington Post • December 23, 2013 • 400 Words
College and Minimum Wage
By Kevin Possin • The Winona Daily News • December 22, 2013 • 300 Words
The Miracle of "Anchoring"
How raising the minimum wage will psychologically trick employers into raising other wages, too.
By Barry Schwartz • Slate • December 22, 2013 • 1,300 Words
Minimum Wage Earners Struggle to Survive
By Terrie Morgan-Besecker • The Times-Tribune • December 22, 2013 • 1,100 Words
The Guillotine, Minimum Wage and Other Inventions of ‘equality’
Obama enters the futile game of leveling life’s playing field
By William Murchison • The Washington Times • December 22, 2013 • 700 Words
Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Create Jobs?
A few liberals say so. But even if they're right, the effect would be small and short-lived.
By Jordan Weissmann • The Atlantic • December 20, 2013 • 600 Words
Matthews Rails Against ‘These Racists’ Who Oppose Raising Minimum Wage
By Noah Rothman • Mediaite • December 20, 2013 • 200 Words
Another Minimum-Wage Fallacy
By Noah Glyn • National Review • December 19, 2013 • 300 Words