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Global Minimum Wage | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Scott Sumner on Made in America - COVID Unemployment Benefits
Scott Sumner explains how the government's COVID policies will affect the inflation and unemployment rates. Listen on Soundcloud
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Michael Farren on The Lars Larson Show - COVID Unemployment Benefits
Michael and Lars break down labor-force participation rates and discuss whether boosted unemployment benefits constitute a back
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Michael Farren on Sirius XM - COVID Unemployment Benefits
Michael weighs in on the future of urban real estate post-COVID and whether increased unemployment benefits incentivize people
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Michael Farren on True Story - Minimum Wage
Michael Farren joins Mike Slater on his show, True Story, to discuss the $15-per-hour federal minimum wage proposal. Watch on
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Michael Farren on American Radio Journal - Minimum Wage
Michael Farren offers his analysis of President Biden's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, as well as
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The Economic Situation, March 2021
As March arrives, reflections on 2021’s first couple months may prompt many to recall the opening lines of Charles Dickens’s A
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The Minimum Wage: Who Actually Wins, and Who Loses?
An increase in the minimum wage would hurt many of the people it's meant to help. There are better ways to fight poverty. Read
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Don't Overlook Minimum Wage's Negative Effects
Veronique Rugy draws on the work of Walter E. Williams to explain the negative effects of raising the minimum wage. Read more at
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The Minimum Wage: Who Actually Wins and Loses in Pennsylvania?
An increased minimum wage might hurt many of the people it's designed to help. Read more at the Delaware Valley Journal.
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Romney-Cotton, a Cancun Cabbie and the Minimum Wage Debate
The Romney-Cotton bill would raise the federal minimum wage while cracking down on undocumented workers. Read more at The Hill.
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Focus on Families, Not on Wages
Instead of raising the minimum wage, the government should offer per-child cash payments to families. Read more at Bloomberg.
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A New Trump Administration Rule Turned the Minimum Wage Debate Into a Political 'Twilight Zone'
Conservatives are trying to jack up the minimum wage, and progressives oppose raising it. Yes, you read that right. Read more at
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Scientific Research Is Critical to Tackling Racial Discrimination
Instead of screaming at each other on social media, let's do the research and figure out which solutions actually work. Read
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The Gender Gap Is Also a Confidence Gap
Tyler Cowen writes on the gender gap in academics and science.Read it at Bloomberg.
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How DC's Minimum Wage Proposal Could Hurt Those It Seeks to Help
The argument over DC's Initiative 77 is a good example of how even the best-intentioned advocates can miss the deeper problems
