This Triangle Business Journal article confirms the obvious: Chief financial officers in the United States say a minimum wage increase to between $10 and $15 per hour would cause ... Keep Reading
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Want higher wages? Legalize fracking
Protesters from North Carolina’s “Moral Monday” movement, as well as other grassroots protests around the nation, have cited an increase in minimum wages as one of their chief ... Keep Reading
Walter Williams Dismantling the Minimum Wage
There is little doubt that the minimum wage is shaping up to be a hot political topic both nationally and here in NC this election year. There has been, and will continue to be, ... Keep Reading
N&O Continues to Fail Econ 101
The N&O yesterday ran this syndicated column on the minimum wage. No matter how low the N&O lowers my expectations, they continue to stun me with the ignorant and ... Keep Reading
Breaking: Eric Holder Sues California Over Discriminatory Law
Breaking news as reported by the Associated Press: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that the U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of ... Keep Reading
Note to Protesting Fast Food Workers: Why Not Protest Companies Paying You $0 an Hour?
Today a group of fast-food workers in the Triangle plan to rally to demand "better pay". Their primary objective is to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr, and the "right" to form a ... Keep Reading
Minimum Wage Means Maximum Government Control
The N&O today reprints a Washington Post article advocating for in increase in the minimum wage. To their credit, they do quickly acknowledge that "minimum-wage increases ... Keep Reading
Effects of Minimum Wage on Unemployment
The International Labor Organization (ILO) recently reported that the global youth unemployment rate has reached a record high, with the rate likely only getting worse as the year ... Keep Reading
