#Wage

A lot of people are focused on the supposed generosity of the current UI replacement rate. I know that, for some, it just sort of “feels” wrong to have UI
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Extraordinary gas-lighting from Priti Patel. THREAD.Minimum wage enforcement is the responsibility of BEIS which it contracts to HMRC. If there are racism fears, they are her Government's. We have all
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the fact that the government was like no more than 6 people at thanksgiving you’ll get sick and die from covid! but go work 8hr-16hr shifts tomorrow in retail for
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When Rep. John Katko criticized President Biden's executive orders last week, one he singled out was an order that would raise the minimum wage for federal contractors and workers to
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Since the Senate is about to take up the most important equity question of 21st cen ($15/hr min wage), I want to do a little Front Porch Math lesson. I
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CBO just released its new $15 min wage analysis—adds $58B to the deficit, kills 1.4M jobs. Have to look at how they reach these numbers, but it's a bad blow
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"$15 an hour will increase prices"Costco: pays workers well, same prices as Walmart's Sam's ClubIn-n-Out: pays workers well, same prices as McDonald'sBest Buy, Target & Home Depot: raised pay 20%
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If you have an opinion about the minimum-wage proposal, I hope you have an opinion about the effects it would have. This is a forecasting problem, but have any minimum-wage
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You're gonna be hearing, "Small businesses will suffer under a $15 minimum wage" a lot more, especially since the other arguments are thoroughly debunked.Because sheep gotta sheep. And it's an
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We already knew the BC Liberals applied for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.But I’m surprised and disappointed by Andrew Wilkinson’s admission that his party is consciously foregoing revenue from donors
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We're all underpaid pls shut tf up with this who deserves what discourse and turn your indignation toward the feds Americans are so ignorant about this shit and I know
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On MR today, Cowen says: “all economic theories imply that minimum wages should be decided at the state and local level, given the economic heterogeneity of the United States.”https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/01/fe
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Downward revisions to the Oct & Nov income & consumer spending data make the December data look worse than headlines would suggest. Looks like about 64% of the gain in
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The median annual wage in 1987 (when I graduated college) was ~$18,500. My University of California education (all 4 years) cost $20,000. Today, 4 years at a UC school runs
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one of my first jobs was a waitress at a dine-in pizza hut where i made $4.25 an hour “plus tips” — which i rarely actually got, but i was
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I've seen a lot of minimum wage talk recently. My econ professors argued that the loss jobs and/or inflation counterarguments to raising minimum wage were largely myths.Here's a real-world case
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