Opinions about the impact of minimum wages on poverty are just as divided. Some believe minimum wages are very effective anti-poverty instruments, whilst others argue that minimum wages will simply raise the incomes of second-earners in relatively well-off households, whilst having no effects on the poor. The impact of the NMW on employment, wage inequality and poverty is extremely difficult to identify not least because of poor employment data, especially data on hourly earnings. ... The introduction of the NMW was in part motivated by a desire to reverse the trend in wage inequality, and ta...

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In president Obama's State of the Union speech, I think the main topic he addressed was issues surrounding middle class economics. The medium I choose was the video because a visual is better for me to be more engaged if I am watching a speech and to try to determine ethos versus just reading a ...

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From childhood to adulthood, all the Americans' are taught to eat healthy. They are reminded to eat fruits and vegetables as much as possible. So, as Americas' become more health conscious, the more burden and problems lies on the shoulders of the farm workers who are solely responsible for picking ...

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Prior to the 1964 Act, when few welfare or transfer payment programs as such were in place, a majority of blacks had actually pulled themselves above the poverty line despite open hostility from many whites "(Sowell, 2005, p. xi) Does it end there? ... He states, "88 percent of academic economists supported the ˜war on poverty, " but "61 percent of those same economists opposed the minimum wage law " (Sowell, 2002, para. 3). ...

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