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The Pro-Growth Minimum Wage

Liberals always want to argue for a higher minimum wage on fairness grounds. But there’s a better and likely more compelling reason.

By Robert Atkinson

Summer 2018, No. 49 – 16 MIN READ

How Should We Think About Inequality?

Research on Seattle's new minimum wage has cast doubt over whether $15 an hour really gave a raise to low-wage workers. An article in Boston Review offers unconventional advice for progressives arguing over that finding: Change the subject.

By Nathan Pippenger

August 15, 2017, 3:12 pm – 5 MIN READ

Families: Paid Leave And a Lot More

By Caroline Fredrickson

Summer 2016, No. 41 – 11 MIN READ

The claim that, if wages go up, jobs go down, is a scam.

A Threat, Not a Theory

By Nick Hanauer

Summer 2016, No. 41 – 22 MIN READ

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