minimum wage

Heartland’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr in episode #201 of the In The Tank Podcast. This episode features work from the Center of the American Experiment, FEE, PERC, and the Reason Foundation.

Bernie Sanders is having trouble with his unionized–and apparently underpaid–labor force.

Heartland’s Donald Kendal is joined by Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, in episode #180 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from the Foundation for Economic Education, the Pacific Research Institute, the American Action Forum, and the Institute for Energy Research.

“Back when I was a kid, a minimum-wage job could support a family of three. Today, a full-time minimum-wage job in America won’t keep a mama and a baby out of poverty.”

Public debate about the minimum wage seems to creep up every election cycle.

Monday was National Waitstaff Day, a time to appreciate the estimated 2.25 million waitstaff working in America’s 542,000 eating and drinking establishments, and this year, the U.S. Census Bureau is urging Americans to “add a smile to the tip” as they dine out.

Far more harm than benefits to workers and taxpayers.

Local lawmakers in Seattle, Washington and state lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering or have passed new surcharges on higher-income households in their jurisdictions, squeezing successful members of society even more in the name of “fairness.”

John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #96 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Illinois Policy Institute and the Heartland Institute.

If the government dictates an increase in the cost of labor, employers have two options. They can raise prices, or they can try to get by with fewer workers. 

It is not capitalism that has failed black America. Rather it is the state and its interventions in the market. And the failure for this to have been seen is the greatest illusion that pervades American society.

Arizona is one of three states — Maine and South Dakota are the others — that will ask voters in November to approve a minimum-wage increase.

Quite remarkably, for the second time in a week, The New York Times has shown some economic sense. Let me repeat that, with some emphasis added: For the second time in a week, The New York Times has shown some economic sense.