Poverty, prosperity, and the minimum wage
Book - 2022
"Anthology of diverse viewpoints exploring stagnating wages in the United States and how an increase to the federal minimum wage would affect workers and the economy"--
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- Published
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New York :
Greenhaven Publishing
2022.
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 176 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781534508477
9781534508460
- The Importance of Opposing Viewpoins
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Will Raising the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. A $15 Minimum Wage Would Help Millions of Struggling Households
- 2. Workers May End Up Paying for Part of Their Increased Minimum Wage
- 3. Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Fix Many Problems
- 4. $15 Minimum Wages Will Substantially Raise Prices and Burden the Poor
- 5. Well-Run Restaurants Will Adapt to Minimum Wage Increases
- 6. To Lift Full-Time Workers Out of Poverty, the Hourly Minimum Wage Must Be Raised to $15
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 2. Is Raising the Minimum Wage Unfair to Workers?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. A $15 Minimum Wage Would Price Some Workers Out of the Market
- 2. Wage Floors and Stronger Unions Are Necessary to Address Stagnant Wages
- 3. Minimum Wage Laws Harm Low-Skilled Workers
- 4. Research Shows That Minimum Wage Increases Do Not Cause Job Loss
- 5. Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Health Issue
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 3. Would Raising the Minimum Wage Harm Businesses?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. A $15 Minimum Wage Is Risky for Small Businesses
- 2. Innovation and Technology Will Save Small Businesses
- 3. Small Businesses Benefit When Wages Rise
- 4. A Minimum Wage Increase Will Hurt Small Business and the Working Poor
- 5. A $15 Minimum Wage Could Help Restaurants and Other Hard-Hit Small Businesses
- 6. Small Businesses Get a Boost from a $15 Minimum Wage
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 4. Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Moral Imperative?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. Raising Wages Is the Right Thing to Do
- 2. Raising the Minimum Wage Would Help Reduce Racial and Gender Inequities
- 3. To Reduce Harm to Low-Wage Undocumented Immigrants, Don't Raise Wages, Open the Borders
- 4. Raising the Wage Is a Moral Imperative
- 5. The Minimum Wage Is Anti-Freedom
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography of Books
- Index