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» Almanac of Policy Issues: Minimum Wage - News, background information, and links on the U.S. minimum wage.
» Democratic Hot Topics: Minimum Wage - From the U.S. House Democratic Leadership official site.
» Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate? - Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage.
» Justice and Charity in Wages - This article gives a Roman Catholic perspective on the minimum wage debate.
» Less than the Minimum - A practical application of conservative economics - Shows how the US minimum wage has in fact gone down in real terms.
» Minimum Wage - Provides brief history of the minimum wage, its adjusted value over decades, and current efforts to increase it. Includes resources, reports, relevant legislation, and policy analysis. From the Coalition on Human Needs.
» Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up - Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
» Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain - Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
» Minimum Wage Escalation - Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
» Minimum Wage Issue Guide - Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
» Minimum Wage and Fairness - Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
» Minimum Wage and Unemployment - Chart which explains how the minimum wage theoretically creates an artificial shortage of jobs.
» Minimum/Living Wage - Articles from the Welfare Information Network.
» Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98 - Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
» Sense and Nonsense on the Minimum Wage - Article from Regulation magazine that argues against the minimum wage.
» The $hit End of the Stick - Site devoted to issues concerning the working poor.
» The Minimum Wage: Washington's Perennial Myth - Policy analysis from the Cato Institute that takes a critical look at efforts to legislate a higher minimum wage.
» U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division - Information from the federal Department of Labor.