On Raising the Minimum Wage in Missouri
On December 1, members of the Missouri General Assembly may begin prefiling legislation for consideration in the upcoming legislative session,...
Does It Matter What a Lost Job Would Have Paid?
In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, economist David Neumark challenges some of the myths about the minimum wage. From...
A Good Idea from the Post-Dispatch
David Nicklaus’ latest column, “Tax credit would be better for workers than minimum wage hike,” is one well worth reading....
On a Scale of 1-10, It’s 15
Dollars an hour, that is. There is a continuing push in Saint Louis and other cities throughout the country to improve the...
More Than 500 Economists Oppose Minimum Wage Hike
In an open letter released March 12, 2014, more than 500 economists voiced their agreement that increasing the federal minimum...
The Effects Of A Minimum Wage Increase
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a letter from scholars at the Show-Me Institute arguing that raising the minimum...
Raising The Minimum Wage Will Cost 500,000 Jobs
The Show-Me Institute has talked a lot about the negative effects of raising the minimum wage. In his two policy...
The $22 (An Hour) Question
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wonders why we do not pay workers a minimum wage of $22 an hour (hat tip: The...
Agreeing About The Minimum Wage
It appears that questioning the merits of raising the minimum wage is a phenomenon that stretches across the ideological spectrum...
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