Tag Archives: Income distribution

Motherhood penalty widens pay gaps between men and women; Peggy Young looks to change wage discrimination

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Mothers: beware of lost wages based on gender inequality. On Friday, December 5, the International Labor Organization released its annual Globe Wage Report for 2014 and 2015. The report focuses on...

Michigan Minimum Wage Increase is a Part of Obama’s Agenda

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In spite of the obstructionist actions of the Republicans, who cannot agree on anything with the opposing Democrats, the United States is moving towards greater progressiveness. The president...

Michigan Minimum Wage Increase is a Part of Obama’s Agenda

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In spite of the obstructionist actions of the Republicans, who cannot agree on anything with the opposing Democrats, the United States is moving towards greater progressiveness. The president...

Gap Hourly Wage Rate Increased

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Gap, the owner of Banana Republic and Old Navy, has announced that it will increase its hourly wage rate to $9. And next year this will reach the $10 level. The head of the company explained this...

Obama’s State Of The Union Address and Income Inequality

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…And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw. Rush—“The Trees,” Hemispheres President Barack Obama was right when he said, “The long-term unemployed are not lazy. They’re not lacking in...

How Did The Democrats Become The Party Of The Rich?

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If you brought back either of the Roosevelts—Teddy or Franklin—from the grave, the most astonishing thing they would find is that the “malefactors of great wealth” have become the benefactors of...
    






Jobs With Justice: New Campaigns Take Aim At Low Wages, Working Poor, Falling Middle Class

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The organized labor movement is changing, reflecting two large-scale trends. On the one hand, union membership – once 35 percent of the U.S. workforce in the 1950s – is at its lowest point in more...
    






Fascinating Big Data On Migration From The Facebook Team

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This is the sort of thing that economists get excited about and it is also undoubtedly where a lot of economic research is going to be done in the coming decades. These vast sets of “big data” that...