The case for the living wage /

Societies have always struggled to determine what is right in providing for those at the low end of the economic spectrum; now that America has seen an enormous gulf open between those with the most and those with the least, the question becomes a campaign issue and a frame for how we define America...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2004.
Temas:
Minimum wage > United States.
Minimum wage > Great Britain.
Salaires minimums > États-Unis.
Salaires minimums > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Minimum wage.
Great Britain.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Civic republicanism, poverty, and inequality
  • Religious foundations of a living wage
  • Poverty and inequality in the United States and Great Britain
  • The superiority of the living wage
  • The structure of a living wage
  • Addressing the arguments against a living wage
  • Public support for a living wage
  • The rise and fall of the minimum wage
  • Halfway to welfare reform
  • Conclusion.

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