{"product_id":"the-minimum-wage-9781440833946","title":"The Minimum Wage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unbiased look at the minimum wage debate in America traces the history of minimum wage policy at both the federal and state levels, discusses the controversies swirling around the issue, and examines the veracity of claims made by people on both sides of the debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis reference title provides a very good overview of what even novice readers may need to know surrounding the controversial issue of minimum wages plus help in identifying other resources for further research. This title is easy to read and would be appropriate for students researching the minimum wage issue. * ARBA *\u003cbr\u003eIn all, a useful book for bringing both students and policy makers up to speed on this important matter. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through research and professional collections. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis informative volume is a worthwhile addition to reference collections of high school, academic, and public libraries. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 Background and History,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, Reasons for a Minimum Wage, First Minimum Wages, The Road to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Expansion of Minimum Wage in the United States, Contraction of Minimum Wage in the United States, Minimum Wages in Europe, The Current Context, Analysis, References, \u003cb\u003e2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, Competing Minimum Wage Models, Standard Model, Monopsony Model, Efficiency-Wage Model, Unemployment Consequences, Problem of Data, Measuring the Minimum Wage Population, Politicization of Data, Source of Low Wages, Alternatives to Minimum Wage, Solutions?, Analysis, References, \u003cb\u003e3 Perspectives,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, The Early Institutionalists and the Positive Case for a Minimum Wage: Bruce Kaufman, Minimum Wages and Living Wages: Stephanie Luce, Minimum Wage: Good Intentions and Bad Results: Antony Davies, Policymakers Should Exercise Maximum Caution on the Minimum Wage: Michael Saltsman, A Strong National Wage Floor Is Essential to Protecting Workers, Fighting Inequality, and Maintaining a Growing U.S. Economy: David Cooper, Raising the Minimum Wage Would Help, Not Hurt, Our Economy: David Madland, Molly Moon's Minimum Wage Perspective: Molly Moon Neitzel, Minimum Wages and Economic Inequality: Thomas Volscho, \u003cb\u003e4 Profiles,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, The Progressives, Louis Brandeis, John Bates Clark, John R. Commons, Edward Filene, Samuel Gompers, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Richard A. Lester, Sidney Webb, The Legislators, William Connery and Hugo Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Academicians, Richard V. Burkhauser, David Card, Arindrajit Dube, David Neumark and William Wascher, Michael Reich, Contemporary Activist Organizations and Individuals, AFL-CIO, Economic Policy Institute, Barbara Ehrenreich, Employment Policies Institute, Naquasia LeGrand, National Association of Manufacturers, National Employment Law Project, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, References, \u003cb\u003e5 Data and Documents,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, Data, Figure 5.1 Percentage of wage workers and percentage of minimum wage workers, Table 5.1 Minimum Wage in Actual and 2015 Adjusted Dollars, 1938–2015, Table 5.2 Minimum Wage Workers by Age and Gender for 2012, Figure 5.2 Minimum wage as percentage of average annual hourly wage and minimum wage as percentage of poverty line, Table 5.3 Labor Force Figures, Table 5.4 Demographics, Table 5.5 Individual Income in the United States by Contour, Table 5.6 Share of Labor Market Earning in Each Contour (Percentage), Table 5.7 Minimum Wages around the World (2013 dollars), Table 5.8. State Minimum Wages as of January 1, 2015, Documents, 1914 Chicago Debate League on the Minimum Wage, Report on Economic Conditions of the South (1937), Franklin Roosevelt's Defense of the FLSA (1938), Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968), Excerpts from the 1981 Minimum Wage Study Commission, President Barack Obama's Remarks Advocating for a Minimum Wage, Excerpts from the 2014 Congressional Budget Office Report on the Minimum Wage, Note, \u003cb\u003e6 Resources for Further Research,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, Books, Articles, Internet, \u003cb\u003e7 Chronology,\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, \u003ci\u003eGlossary,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout the Author,\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769641271639,"sku":"9781440833946","price":53.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781440833946.jpg?v=1758722021","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-minimum-wage-9781440833946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}