As inflation rages minimum wage hikes fall short
SHEILA BLOCK: Governments’ failure to care about low-wage workers has meant real-dollar pay cuts for those who can afford them least
Tag: Minimum wage
Minimum wage hikes just push up need for government spending
MATTHEW LAU: Government intervention becomes necessary when goods and services are made too expensive as a result of wage hikes
Why economists can’t endorse minimum wage hikes
MATTHEW LAU: Economists believe that raising the price of low-skilled labour just eliminates many of those jobs
Busting the minimum wage myth
An overwhelming number of studies show that raising the minimum wage actually eliminates employment opportunities
What protects workers from being exploited by business?
It’s not a too-generous minimum wage. It’s the desire of other employers to hire workers whose value is beyond their current pay
Raising B.C.’s minimum wage won’t help working poor
A work-based subsidy increases the income of the working poor without making it harder for employers to hire less-skilled workers
Ontario Liberals, PCs both wrong on minimum wage policy
The better plan would be a work-based subsidy that provides a cash transfer to working families with incomes below a certain level (FREE)
Reward working to improve income for the working poor
Help the working poor with targeted benefits like the CWB, not misguided minimum wage hikes
Raising minimum wages: good intentions, bad policy
Raising the minimum wage is a flawed strategy for achieving the critically important social objective of raising people out of poverty (FREE)
The wisdom of raising the minimum wage
MCGARVEY The discrimination against human capital is one of capitalism’s most egregious errors. It’s an error Tim Hortons’ franchise holders are making now
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