Econ Comments & Analysis
Washington Times | The misery of the minimum wage
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, and the Obama administration proposed raising it to $10.10 per hour last Thursday. Last week, the voters in New Jersey passed a $8.25 per hour minimum wage, and the voters in the town of SeaTac, Wash., passed a $15 per hour minimum wage.
Blogs
WSJ | Job Gap Widens in Uneven Recovery
America's jobs recovery is proceeding on two separate tracks—a pattern that is persisting far longer than after past economic rebounds and lately has been growing worse.
WSJ | Recent Veterans Struggle With Unemployment
Americans who have served in the military generally have lower rates of unemployment than those who haven’t, but veterans of the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling most.
