Minimum Wage

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has backed a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to as high as $30 per hour. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) published a...

This is an opinion piece by Ted Jenkin (Fox News) responding to a Los Angeles policy to raise pay for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour, described by support...

A proposal backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and supported by a coalition of more than 100 organizations would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour. ...

This is an opinion column by Liz Peek (Fox News) arguing that states and cities governed by Democrats are generally the most expensive in the U.S. The piece cites a ...

The article traces the origin of the term "monopsony" (coined by economist Joan Robinson) and summarizes a recent resurgence of academic interest arguing that buyer-...

The article discusses the ongoing affordability crisis in the United States, noting that public and political attention is often focused on fighting inflation to low...

The Planet Money roundup highlights several new economic working papers. First, a group of prominent economists (Acemoglu, Autor, Johnson) argue for a "pro-worker AI...

A working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis analyzed the phased municipal minimum wage increases in Minneapolis and St. Paul and found associations ...

The Planet Money piece uses the film Alien and the fictional Weyland-Yutani Corporation to illustrate the economic concept of monopsony — a buyer-side market power t...

The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) released a member survey of Los Angeles hotel operators and owners reporting that hotels face rising operating cost...

This article highlights the struggles faced by domestic workers in India, particularly women, who are often paid low wages, lack job protections, and face discrimina...