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2017., Adolescent, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 331.2 HIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Special reports (Essential Library (Firm))Summary Note: Presents facts about the gender wage gap, covering the battle for equal pay, factors that affect it, and the policies intended to fix the problem.
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c2012., Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning Call No: 331.2 3 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints seriesSummary Note: This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate about whether the minimum wage should be raised, lowered, left alone, or eliminated altogether and what the policy effects of these changes would be.
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[2016], ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC Call No: 331.2 LEV Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Contemporary world issues seriesSummary Note: "This ... 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."--From the publisher.
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2004., W. W. Norton Call No: GAMES & SPORTS NF LEW Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.
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2004, c2003., W.W. Norton Call No: 796.35 Lew Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Demonstrates that in the sport of baseball big sums of money do not always guarantee successful seasons, and focuses on specific players and their payrolls.
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2011, c2001., Picador Call No: 305.5 EHR Edition: 1st Picador ed., 10th anniversary ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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2002, c2001., Metropolitan/Owl Book Call No: Realistic 305.5 Ehr Edition: 1st Owl Books ed. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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-- Nickel & dimed2001, Picador, a Metropolitan book/Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 305.5 69 092 Edition: The 10th anniversar Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time she joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
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2016., Simon and Schuster Call No: HI-INT 338.47 FUT Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: As recently as the 1970s, top athletes in American sports sometimes had to work second jobs in the off-season just to make ends meet. The change to modern athlete millionaires began with the 1960 deal between Mark McCormack, a young Cleveland lawyer, and young golfer Arnold Palmer. Explores McCormack's idea that the best athletes had much more commercial value than they had been given previously, and how that idea has given rise to the modern commercial landscape of the sports world.
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General Call No: 331.23 POV Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Anthology of diverse viewpoints exploring stagnating wages in the United States and how an increase to the federal minimum wage would affect workers and the economy"--
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By Uhler, Matt2018., Greenhaven Publishing Call No: 331.2 UHL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: At issue. Social issuesSummary Note: Presents a collection of fifteen essays from varying perspectives addressing the issue of a person's right to a "living wage" and the debates surrounding the economic impact of the minimum wage.
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By Derks, Scottc1994., Gale Call No: 338.5 Val Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: "This book is about practical economy: what things have cost and how much money people have had to buy them. Records actual prices of items purchased from the Civil War to the present.
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2008., Juvenile, Greenhaven Press Call No: 331.2 FIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Current controversiesSummary Note: Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to the wage gap, such as whether it is narrowing, what causes it, and the effects of education on it.
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2006., New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton Call No: 338.7 LIC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
