Overall, a stable pace of wage growth should support consumer spending this year. Immigration restrictions are holding back the supply of labor and putting upward pressure on wages, Duy said, but that ...

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly's perennial debate over the minimum wage and its many permutations got its first major airing of the session on Wednesday, as House and Senate committees mostly heard ...

Recent economic data show that cumulative wage gains have finally surpassed the sharp rise in consumer prices that has plagued the economy for several years. This milestone marks the first time since ...

The professor at the University of California, Berkeley, considers Trump's policies to be "simply the worst combination of stupidities" and denounces that many companies know it but are afraid to say ...

A new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals that 40% of Americans now believe the minimum wage should be at least $15 an hour, up from 36% a year ago. That’s a strong sentiment. After all, who doesn’t want ...

Democrats’ hubris in thinking they can outsmart basic economics is matched only by how reliably economics drags their ...

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

The hand of the waitress takes the tip. The waiter girl receives a tip from the client at the hotel bar. A bartender woman is happy to receive a tip at work. The concept of service. A surprising topic ...

Along with safe, stable and affordable housing, a key factor in upward mobility is interventions in the workplace, too, as Detroit’s work participation levels reflect a lack of entry level jobs and ...

The Bank of England has blamed Labour's punishing tax raids and minimum wage hikes for driving up youth unemployment.

Women are continually becoming more prevalent in Wyoming’s agricultural sector. Yet, women-owned operations in Wyoming report lower earnings than similar men-owned operations. Additionally, Wyoming ...