Perspectives Biden’s $15 Minimum Wage Ignores Basic Economics John Whitmore February 18, 2021 As President Biden settles into Washington, there has been more and more pressure to raise the minimum wage to $15…
Faculty Lounge Study: Minimum Wage Workers Lost $125 Per Month due to Rapid Minimum Wage Hike Accuracy in Academia June 28, 2017 Hiking the minimum wage too quickly and too much has led to a decrease in hours worked and wages for minimum wage workers.
Faculty Lounge Harvard Study: Minimum Wage Hike Forcing Businesses to Close Spencer Irvine April 24, 2017 The minimum wage hike in San Francisco is forcing businesses to close before it’s fully implemented.
Faculty Lounge Student Workers Scoff at Wage Raise to $9, Demand $15/Hour Wage Instead Spencer Irvine May 7, 2016 Um, be grateful for a raise, period. Geez. Photo by Jim Bauer Photo by Jim Bauer
Faculty Lounge The Fight-for-$15 Reaches Duke’s Campus Spencer Irvine April 8, 2016 Some students are occupying an administration building to force the university administration to raise their minimum wage to $15 an…
Faculty Lounge Oregon’s Minimum Wage Hike means College Students Will Suffer Spencer Irvine March 12, 2016 The University of Oregon faces a conundrum: Fire their student workers or reduce their hours? Photo by Wolfram Burner Photo…
Faculty Lounge Yelp Fires Millennial after Letter to CEO went Viral Spencer Irvine February 24, 2016 The Millennial worker complained about working for a minimum wage at Yelp while having to deal with high housing prices…
Faculty Lounge Econ Professor says 200,000 Jobs have been Lost due to Higher Minimum Wage during Recession Spencer Irvine December 27, 2015 A higher minimum wage does not lead to more job creation, but we knew that: An economics professor at the…
Faculty Lounge University of California Student Workers Upset at Not Getting $15 Wage Spencer Irvine October 6, 2015 The University of California system raised the minimum wage of their employees to $15 an hour, but not for student…
Faculty Lounge Economics 101: University of California’s $15/hour wage may Hurt Workers by Slashing Hours Spencer Irvine July 23, 2015 As the College Fix noted, college student workers may see their hours cut: “President Janet Napolitano said this makes the…
Faculty Lounge Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University raises Minimum Wage to $16 an hour Spencer Irvine May 30, 2015 That’s a lot of money being spent on minimum wage workers, and it beats out the $15 an hour wage…
Perspectives The Living Wage Diaspora Malcolm A. Kline May 22, 2015 Believe it or not there is actual evidence that illegal immigration does depress wages for the native-born but you are…
