A well-known factoid in American economic debates is that wages used to grow with productivity, but they don't anymore. There's a particularly famous chart, courtesy of the Economic Policy Institute, ...
Income inequality is becoming a dominant topic of conversation, particularly as the 2020 presidential race heats up. Democratic candidates such as Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren have ...
New data showed inflation outpaced wage growth for the second consecutive month in May. Three major sectors still have higher ...
As the calendar turns to 2023, workers in more than half of all states have something to look forward to this year: a higher minimum wage. That's occurring as the federal minimum wage stands pat at $7 ...
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden patted himself on the back for his administration’s efforts to reinvigorate “an economy that hasn’t worked for the working ...