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The article looks at employment in the U.S. as of 2013, focusing on workers who earn the minimum wage or less. It provides figures on the share of workers earning the minimum wage or below who are under age 25. It discusses other demographic characteristics of minimum-wage workers, including race and ethnicity, educational attainment, marital status, occupational and industrial category, and geographic location. It offers information on trends in the share of U.S. workers earning at or below the minimum wage. A sidebar is included with information about state minimum wage laws.

The article explores the social advocacy of venture capitalist and philanthropic activist Nick Hanauer on raising the minimum wage and gun control. Emphasis is given to topics such as the role of a thriving middle class in models for economic growth, creating prosperity by raising wages, and state-level ballot initiatives for social change.

The article discusses the author's views about a "liberal nihilism" concept and its impacts on wages and an economic crisis in the U.S., and it mentions various aspects of wage stagnation in America. Job skills and globalization are mentioned, along with the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and a Great Recession in America. U.S. unemployment and the organization of productive enterprises are mentioned, as well as economic regulations and "free market" economies. The U.S. minimum wage is examined.

The article focuses on a survey conducted by the American Economic Association (AEA), which reveals that less number of economists under the age of 44 felt valued within the discipline. It mentions that the profession has become more relaxed about minimum wages, inflation and public debt; less relaxed about monopoly power; less enamoured of flexible exchange rates; and more open to deep, institutional explanations of wealth and poverty.

The article presents questions and answers related to the minimum wage. The article discusses the minimum wage in relation to workers who are tipped in the course of their employment. The article discusses to whom the minimum wage applies according to the size of businesses that are required to pay a minimum wage according to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

This article presents estimates by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office of the economic effect of the Fair Minimum Wage Act amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The cost to the federal government is discussed as well as the intergovernmental and private sector impact of the proposed minimum wage.

The article discusses the increase in the number of self-employed Canadian workers. Topics discussed include views on the increase such as improving economy giving confidence for some to become their own boss, reluctance of some employers to make permanent hires, and sale of skills as individuals after exhausting Employment Insurance benefits and savings, benefits like financial rewards and disadvantages such as financial risk of self-employment, and no legal minimum wage for self-employed.

The article discusses the impact of rising minimum wages on employment opportunities in the U.S. Topics discussed include initiatives of the U.S. Congress and the White house for raising federal minimum wage to create more jobs in the U.S., impact of low-wage jobs and income inequality on middle class workers, and a proposal by the U.S. President Barack Obama to keep a family of three out of poverty and raise the value of the minimum wage slightly above its 1960s peak.

The article discusses several class action lawsuits in America which deal with the contention that cosmetology schools owe student workers at least minimum wage compensation as of 2015, and it mentions how a U.S. federal court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania granted summary judgments for the Jean Madeline Aveda Institute cosmetology school after applying an economic realities test to the facts in student worker wages case. Employment laws such as the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act are examined.

In the run up to the budget in April 2003, business lobbies have been waging an increasingly vocal and desperate campaign to get the government to stop what they see as infernal meddling. When Labour first came to power, tycoons queued up to serve on committees of the great and the good. There was even a sprinkling in the government. Now there are a couple of business people in government at most, and a few assorted media and consulting types hanging around Downing Street. Labour is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of British business. To be fair, businesses have been mostly happy with macro-economic policy. Interest rates have been fairly stable and low. And despite the alarming number of shocks to the world economy, Britain's has continued to grow as Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, repeatedly points out. He was at it again at this week's British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) conference, though what most delegates would have preferred was some response to their many gripes. On one big issue--tax--business has been particularly unhappy. The more general complaint is that the government is quick to go for blunt regulatory fixes, when sometimes there are other alternatives: education, say, or nothing at all.

Necessary? Yes. Will that solve America's inequality crisis? No [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents charts and statistics on the homeless population in the U.S. with mention of the homeless population in New York City and Los Angeles, California, a comparison of minimum wages and market-rate rents, and mention of the costs associated with incarcerated homeless persons.

The article focuses on minimum wage in Mexico in 2014. Topics include the wage suppression tactics used by the Mexican government to reduce inflation, the cost of living in Mexico, and why the Mexican minimum wage is below the poverty line. Information is provided on Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustín Carstens' plan to improve labor productivity as a step in raising the minimum wage.

Comments on the need to abolish the minimum wage in the U.S. Harmful effects of the minimum wage especially on the jobs of the least skilled workers; Number of jobs added during the term of president Ronald Reagan simply by not increasing the minimum wage.

The article looks at minimum-wage policies, as of 2012. It describes the debate among economists over their effects, citing empirical research in the U.S. by economists David Card, Alan Krueger, Arindrajit Dube and Michael Reich showing no job loss due to minimum wage laws, and contrary results in research by economists David Neumark and William Wascher. The administration of the minimum-wage policy in Great Britain is explained.

The article reports on a campaign advocating for living wages across North America. The campaign is being organized by the Mexican-based organization called the International Campaign for the Restoration of Wages and Jobs. The author also reports on Canadian organizations that are helping in the effort and are also advocating for a $10 per hour minimum wage.

El autor discute proyecciones para la implementación de robótica en la industria de comida rápida, particularmente en Estados Unidos, con énfasis en el ahorro de costos de personal. Los temas tratados incluyen el aumento del salario mínimo en Estados Unidos, el robot fabricado en China Noodlebot para realizar la tarea de cortar fideos y la experiencia de la empresa de robótica estadounidense Momentum Machines.