#Wage

Alexandra Chalupa

AlexandraChalup

We must protect Donald J. Trump. The most damage Putin can cause in the U.S. is to have him murdered. They’ll blame everyone but Russia. The Kremlin’s goal is to

Dr. Paige Harden

kph3k

The “Should we get rid of the GRE?” conversation and the “Should we pay undergrad RAs $15/hour?” conversation have three things in common that I think are really unfortunate —

Dave Jamieson

jamieson

The McConnell-Cornyn "liability protection" proposal is pretty radical. Not only would it block lawsuits over COVID exposure, it would make it just about impossible for OSHA to enforce basic workplace

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AD_ManCity

In my college days me and my friends did an economic profit analysis of Arsenal FC from 2004-2014. We used Regression Analysis for doing that. Data used from Emirates and

Dara Barrett

DaraSquires

Calculations: A single parent with one 10 yo child in Newfoundland who works 35 hours a week, 51 weeks a year will bring home, after taxes, CPP and EI, 403/week

Luke Petach

LPetach

Okay, going to wade into the MW debates against my better judgment, but hopefully in a way that facilitates productive discussion. 1/N. Let’s say I take all the empirical MW

Amy Westervelt

amywestervelt

We’re at a moment in time where radical change is necessary *because* those in power refused to make incremental change over the last 20 years. That’s as true on minimum

Catholic Economics Podcast

CatholicEcon

A thread of all my pop-press-style writing starting in 2020: "Our overcentralized food supply chain is breaking down"an op-ed on the food issues at the beginning of the 'rona crisis

Adam Parsons 🧢

AdamPaarsons

Myth: "NZ is a low wage economy."NZ has the 2nd highest minimum wage in the Western world. What NZ has is wealth inequality.Namely, housing. Between those who own their homes,

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

In December the U.S. economy lost -140,000 jobs, and THE RECOVERY HAS STALLED JUST LIKE I WARNED.We lost 22 million jobs in Feb & March, then regained half of them,

Di(stant)

dianamchard

I am truly grateful for the maternity leave available to me as a Canadian but now that I’m a recipient I’m noticing flaws with the system. Why is parental leave

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

Folks saying that $2000 a month is the minimum someone needs, please consider that, assuming 18% tax, comes to a $14/hr full time job.Nearly twice the minimum wage. I didn't

MMT for the Union

MmtUnion

Here's what we have now.If you want to know how that changes with a Job Guarentee please read below1. Business is tight. Employer A hires Labourer B at the minimum

Bobby Piton, United Patriots of America

UAmerica333

How much would the Cost of Living Fall if we moved off a system predicated on Debt and to one predicated on Savings?For example, a House in 1940 went for

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sondosia

Ok I hate hearing all this talk of unity as much as anyone but I also firmly believe that Biden needs to say it. Same reason he has to say

James Lloyd

James_M_Lloyd

I don't think that these are figures to be celebrated. We simply are not doing enough to break down barriers to entry of the profession. A thread:https://twitter.com/barstandards/status/1327234768107409409 These figures mark

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