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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What impact does the minimum wage have on workers? - The minimum wage helps low-income workers / Kai Filion - Minimum wage hikes hurt low-income workers / James Sherk - The California minimum wage unfairly enriches low-income workers / Wayne Lusvardi - A higher minimum wage for tipped workers would help women especially / Rajesh D. Nayak and Paul K. Sonn - A low minimum wage hurts women, children, and minorities / William E. Spriggs - The minimum wage hurts black teen workers / Richard W. Rahn and Izzy Santa - Most teens can find jobs paying more than minimum wage / Kevin D. Williamson - What impact does the minimum wage have on business and the economy? - The minimum wage hurts small businesses / Joseph J. Sabia - The minimum wage helps small businesses / Business for a Fair Minimum Wage - Increasing the minimum wage favors megastores like Wal-Mart / Timothy P. Carney - Wal-Mart historically has fought increases in the minimum wage / Harold Meyerson - The minimum wage is an unethical infringement on economic freedom / Laurence M. Vance - The attack on the minimum wage is an unethical assault on the economy / Stephen Herrington - How does the minimum wage affect immigration? - Raising and enforcing the minimum wage would reduce illegal immigration / Ivan Light - Raising the minimum wage would not reduce illegal immigration / David R. Henerso - Abolishing the minimum wage would reduce illegal immigration / Economic Edge - The minimum wage is irrelevant to illegal immigration / Thomas Andrew Olson - Reducing immigration is better than raising the minimum wage / Steven A. Camarota - Neither immigration nor the minimum wage hurts the economy / Invictus - What are the issues surrounding the minimum wage in other countries? - Raising the minimum wage in Canada helps the poor and the economy / Jim Stanford - Raising the minimum wage in Canada will hurt those it is meant to help / Harvey Enchin - Australia must raise the minimum wage higher / Noel Holt - Raising Australia's minimum wage will hurt businesses / PM - Demand for an increased minimum wage triggered protests in Egypt / Joel Beinin - China's increase of minimum wage may fuel inflation / Moming Zhou - Ireland must lower all wages to regain economic competitiveness / Fionnuala Carolan - A higher minimum wage could benefit Bangladesh / Sajjadur Rahman and Brendan Weston.