The minimum wage

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Opposing viewpoints

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Greenhaven Press

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[2012]

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English

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1 of 1	CMC Quigley Library	HD4918 .M59 2012
1 of 1	CMC Steamboat Campus	HD 4918 .M59 2012

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214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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This volume explores the topics relating to the minimum wage, the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers, by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.

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Ch 1. What impact does the minimum wage have on workers? : Minimum wage helps low-income workers / Kai Filion --
Minimum wage hikes hurt low-income workers / James Sherk --
California minimum wage unfairly enriches low-income workers / Wayne Lusvardi --
A higher minimum wage for tipped workers would help women especially / Rajesh D. Nayak, Paul K. Sonn --
A low minimum wage hurts women, children and minorities / William E. Spriggs --
Minimum wage hurts black teen workers / Richard W. Rahn, Izzy Santa --
Most teens can find jobs paying more than minimum wage / Kevin D. Williamson.
Ch 2. What impact does the minimum wage have on business and the economy? : Minimum wage hurts small businesses / Joseph J. Sabia --
Minimum wage helps small businesses / Business for a Fair Minimum Wage --
Increasing the minimum wage favors megastores like Wal-Mart / Timothy P. Carney --
Wal-Mart historically has fought increases in the minimum wage / Harold Meyerson --
Minimum wage is an unethical infringement of economic freedom / Laurence M. Vance --
Attack on the minimum wage is an unethical assault on the economy / Stephen Herrington.
Ch 3. How does the minimum wage affect immigration? : Raising and enforcing the minimum wage would reduce illegal immigration / Ivan Light --
Raising the minimum wage would not reduce illegal immigration / David R. Henderson --
Abolishing the minimum wage would reduce illegal immigration / Economic Edge --
Minimum wage is irrelevant to illegal immigration / Thomas Andrew Olson --
Reducing immigration is better than raising the minimum wage / Steven A. Camarota --
Neither immigration nor the minimum wage hurts the economy / Invictus.
Ch 4 : What are the issues surrounding the minimum wage in other countries? Raising the minimum wage in Canada helps the poor and the economy / Jim Stanford --
Raising the minimum wage in Canada will hurt those it is meant to help / Harvey Enchin --
Australia must raise the minimum wage higher / Noel Holt --
Raising Australia's minimum wage will hurt businesses / PM --
Demand for an increased minimum wage triggered protests in Egypt / Joel Beinin --
China's increase of its minimum wages may fuel inflation / Moming Zhou --
Ireland must lower all wages to regain economic competitiveness / Fionnuala Carolan --
A higher minimum wage could benefit Bangladesh / Sajjadur Rahman, Brendan Weston.

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Minimum wage -- United States
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Berlatsky, Noah

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