Had the government not increased the minimum wage in 1974, It would have cratered from $13.63 in today's money all the way down to $10.91, which is still much better than today, by the way.

An interactive data tool launched by the Hamilton Project, part of the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, allows users to compare recent wage growth and inflation by several different measures.

Here’s something a little more straightforward: Average hourly earnings — which is to say, wages — were up in January more than economists expected, rising 0.5% from December and 4.1% year ...

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Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain – The Labour Fund "Tamkeen" announced its support for the wage increments of 31 Bahraini employees at ART Hotel & Resort through the Wage Increment Program, which aims to ...

A group of House Democrats wants to see the state’s minimum wage raised to $25 to support low-wage workers. Republicans want to see the cost of goods go down. House Bill 1764 proposes raising ...

POLOKWANE – The recent increase in South Africa’s minimum wage to R28.79 per hour has raised concerns about the financial sustainability of wage hikes for both employers and low-income employees.

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In a recent tweet, the American billionaire investor casually proclaimed that AI must "crash" everyone's wages before it can deliver us an economic utopia — one that'll definitely happen ...

wood, scenic vistas, flowers, fabric, or architectural elements it imitates.” A fragment of antique wallpaper, Greer suggests, is precious enough to frame and hang as art.

Last fall an artist duct-taped a banana to a wall, and the piece sold for $6.24 million. As an economist who also runs the 800-piece contemporary-art collection at Booth, can you explain what made ...