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Class 16: Getting People to Work – Perhaps Encourage Them With Minimum Wage? The articles this time have presented to us a very negative perspective on our economy today. At the same time, they also presented us with a somewhat unexpected method of combating the income inequality that haunts us so today. Unlike what we […]

Once again, these three articles discuss the controversy of raising the minimum wage throughout the country. These articles bring about an interesting debate about the minimum wage. After reading these articles, a few points stood out to me that I was not expecting. One of them was in the guardian article. Although I was aware […]

The Forbes article brings up a very good point on whether the masses complain about income inequality. Sure, Obama talks about it, and even labels it as “the defining challenge of our time.” But is this really the case, when the average person is not speaking their mind on the topic? If there are more […]

In response to Jane Kaspervic’s article, I’ve known that waitress jobs are below minimum wage, but after tips, I thought that they were making more than minimum wage. However, this does not seem to be the case since there is income instability. Has it been considered to pay waiters and waitresses the same minimum wage […]

Hawkins article discusses the ins and outs of the wage battle, specifically in terms of who is demanding what. It discusses the states wage increase to $9 for 2016, De Blasio’s attempt to raise it even higher, and Obama’s historic attempt to make it $10.10. I found the mention of governor Cuomo interesting, the articles […]

Class 15: Living Wage – Myths and Realities Having read through the readings, I can’t help but find the work of Forbes’ John Goodman on the myths of income inequality to be the most interesting. Though by interesting, I do not mean that the reading is an enlightening piece of work, but rather it’s quite […]

The minimum wage has been a fiercely debated issue, having numerous fallacies associated with it primarily due to political agendas that have wrongly skewed facts and misinformed the public. I really enjoyed reading the Forbes article “The Five Biggest Myths About Income Inequality” as it really dissected certain often-quoted statistics and provided a more accurate picture of income and […]

Income defines our limits on what we’re able to purchase, whether it be necessities or power. But with the current income inequality, many families aren’t able to to meet living wage requirements. What exactly can be done to help American families who are under the living wage, meet the current wage, or even rise above […]

The issue of increasing the minimum wage has been at the forefront of economic issues both nationally and on the state level. From the political hoopla and noise that this dilemma always creates, it seems as if the debate is worthwhile and an increase would help numerous Americans across the United States. I personally have […]

One of the most spoken about and controversial solutions to the income gap is raising minimum wage in New York City. Having first heard of raising minimum wage years ago, it seemed like a positive step initially; however, now, I am quite skeptical. Being that New York City is an expensive city so live in, […]

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