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Julie Gutman Dickinson wrote a new diary post: America’s Killer Jobs
The horrific collapse last month of a Bangladeshi garment factory, which claimed the lives of 1,127 people , has sparked appropriate global outrage, with advocates, pundits and politicians calling for tougher laws to protect exploited workers in Third World countries. While this tragedy, like many before it, seems far removed from the reality of the American workplace, [...]
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Julie Gutman Dickinson wrote a new diary post: The Freedom To Be Impoverished: Matt Yglesias’ Perverse Logic on the Minimum Wage
When President Obama proposed an increase in the federal minimum wage last month, you could almost hear conservative economists and pundits smacking their lips in anticipation. After all, there’s nothing that gets this crowd going like mandating a wage increase, even if it’s from the downright Dickensian $7.25 currently required to a still paltry $9, [...] -
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