Tag Archives: Minimum wage

Asking the right question. The challenge for the future of work is not really about the quantity of jobs, but their quality, and whether they pay enough to provide a decent standard of living. In the US, ensuring that they do starts with raising the minimum wage and ensuring that other existing tools don't go unused. Pavlina needs to get in contact with Laura and set her straight. Similarly, proposals in the United States for a federal jobs guarantee have been gaining momentum on the...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How Monopsonies Work, Now With More Numbers…: Apparently a graph is worth…*checks post stats* 1176 words, but I’m guessing this makes more sense to most normal people.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How Monopsonies Work, Now With More Numbers…: Apparently a graph is worth…*checks post stats* 1176 words, but I’m guessing this makes more sense to most normal people.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Not to alarm you, but here’s a headline that’s been popping up a bunch:: Forgive me, I forgot a title and can’t seem to take back my error…anyway, here’s some reading about the dangers of bad math as it pertains to housing affordability…the upside is that consequences for low-wage workers are less dire than a recent analysis suggests.

Forgive me, I forgot a title and can’t seem to take back my error…anyway, here’s some reading about the dangers of bad math as it pertains to housing affordability…the upside is that consequences for low-wage workers are less dire than a recent analysis suggests.

Yesterday I spoke on a panel discussion on economic inequality, along with Andrew Jackson and Armine Yalnizyan. We were guests at the federal NDP’s policy convention in Ottawa. The panel was moderated by Guy Caron. Topics covered included the minimum wage, basic income, affordable housing, the future of jobs, gender budgeting, poverty among seniors, Canadian fiscal policy in historical perspective, and Canadian fiscal policy in comparison with other OECD countries. The discussion was 30...

Good news. Those funds will mostly be spent and flow into the economy.Hopefully, other firms will follow suit.ReutersWalmart uses lower U.S. tax bill to raise minimum wage to $11 an hourNandita BoserelatedLars P. Syll’s BlogThe minimum wage mythLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo UniversityalsoHarvard Business ReviewIf Retailers Want to Compete with Amazon, They Should Use Their Tax Savings to Raise WagesZeynep Ton | adjunct associate professor in the operations management group at MIT’s Sloan...

Posted by Nick Falvo under aboriginal peoples, Alberta, budgets, Child Care, cities, demographics, education, employment, environment, fiscal federalism, fiscal policy, gender critique, homeless, housing, HST, income, income distribution, income support, Indigenous people, inflation, minimum wage, municipalities, NDP, oil and gas, poverty, privatization, progressive economic strategies, Role of government, social policy, taxation, wages, women. November 29th, 2017Comments:...

The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO)—an independent, arm’s length, non-partisan research institute—released a paper on September 12th outlining the likely economic impacts flowing from the pending minimum wage increase (see here). The FAO’s findings are already garnering significant media attention and will almost certainly be used by the opponents of Bill 148 as further proof that the Ontario Government is economically reckless. Contrary to the study commissioned by the...

You wouldn’t know it from today’s headlines about impending job losses, but an analysis of the impact of Ontario’s move to a $15 minimum wage from the province’s Financial Accountability Office shows a net benefit for Ontario workers. Overall, this is a much more cautious report than what the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and its allies had furnished, noting both the costs and benefits of $15. While the media is focusing on job loss figures (more on this below), the report predicts a big...