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August 31, 2015
Thomas Kochan
Here’s How We Can Reverse Wage Stagnation
May 22, 2015
Danny Vinik
Warren Buffett's Good Idea on the Earned Income Tax Credit Is Bad for Progress
May 20, 2015
Danny Vinik
Critics Were Completely Wrong About the "Fight for $15" Movement
May 7, 2015
Danny Vinik
Andrew Cuomo Might Unilaterally Raise the Minimum Wage of Fast Food Workers
May 1, 2015
Danny Vinik
Democrats Proposed a $12 Minimum Wage. Is That a Good Idea?
April 17, 2015
Danny Vinik
Martin O'Malley Just Jumped to the Left of Elizabeth Warren. Your Move, Hillary.
April 1, 2015
Danny Vinik
McDonald's Wage Hike Is Thanks to the Economy, Not the “Fight for $15”
March 31, 2015
Danny Vinik
The Minimum Wage Worker Fired for Talking to the Media Shows How Poorly America Treats Low-Income Workers
March 18, 2015
Danny Vinik
Jeb Bush Almost Proposed Abolishing the Minimum Wage
January 14, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Obama Wants Home Care Workers to Get Minimum Wage, But a Federal Judge Is Standing in the Way
December 30, 2014
Adam Nathaniel Peck
The Three Worst Economic Predictions of 2014
Minimum wage hikes will cripple job growth? Long-term unemployment is tied to unemployment benefits? Obamacare will be a drain on the economy?
November 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
The One Piece of Bad News for Republicans Last Night
November 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Four Issues You Should Be Focusing on Besides the Senate
November 3, 2014
Danny Vinik
What Will a Republican Senate Do for the U.S. Economy?
October 20, 2014
Danny Vinik
Republicans Say Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt Job Growth. Here's What the Evidence Says.
September 15, 2014
Danny Vinik
Here's What Happened When 13 States Raised Their Minimum Wages
Hint: Job growth didn't implode
September 9, 2014
Danny Vinik
This Chart Shows How Meager U.S. Minimum Wage Truly Is
September 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
GOP Candidate: Obama Created a "Minimum Wage Economy." That's Wrong.
September 2, 2014
Danny Vinik
Ted Cruz Needs to Keep His Dad Away From His (Potential) Campaign
Rafael Cruz thinks the "average black" doesn't understand the minimum wage
September 1, 2014
Naomi Shavin
The Ten Worst-Paying Jobs in America
From fry cooks to the guy parking cars

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