The Case For A Maximum Wage

Author : Sam Pizzigati
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509524952

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The Case for a Maximum Wage by Sam Pizzigati Pdf

Modern societies set limits, on everything from how fast motorists can drive to how much waste factory owners can dump in our rivers. But incomes in our deeply unequal world have no limits. Could capping top incomes tackle rising inequality more effectively than conventional approaches? In this engaging book, leading analyst Sam Pizzigati details how egalitarians worldwide are demonstrating that a “maximum wage” could be both economically viable and politically practical. He shows how, building on local initiatives, governments could use their tax systems to enforce fair income ratios across the board. The ultimate goal? That ought to be, Pizzigati argues, a world without a super rich. He explains why we need to create that world — and how we could speed its creation.

Author : C. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1509538631

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Is Inequality Irreversible? the Case for a Maximum Wage by C. Collins Pdf

Author : National Consumers' League
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Minimum wage
ISBN : MINN:31951002100412V

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The Case for the Minimum Wage by National Consumers' League Pdf

Author : Jerold L. Waltman
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780875863030

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The Case for the Living Wage by Jerold L. Waltman Pdf

This well-documented brief demonstrates that both poverty and excessive economic inequality are inimical to the maintenance of a healthy republic, and notes that providing a living wage is not only fair, but is superior to any other public policy such as cash transfers (or the Earned Income Tax Credit) in the effort to fight poverty.

Author : Sam Pizzigati
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0945257457

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The Maximum Wage by Sam Pizzigati Pdf

Traces the history of attempts to limit incomes, and proposes the adoption of a maximum wage as a way to revitalize both democracy and the economy.

Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509539260

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Can Democracy Safeguard the Future? by Graham Smith Pdf

Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term. In this book, Graham Smith asks why. Exploring the drivers of short-termism, he considers ways of reshaping legislatures and constitutions and proposes strengthening independent offices whose overarching goals do not change at every election. More radically, Smith argues that forms of participatory and deliberative politics offer the most effective democratic response to the current political myopia, as well as a powerful means of protecting the interests of generations to come.

Author : Christopher Orloski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1946634042

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Six to One Maximum Wage by Christopher Orloski Pdf

Inspired by Bernie Sander's 2016 presidential campaign message, Christopher Orloski understands the problem of wealth disparity in America. After all, Chris is on the bottom rung of the ladder with his government disability check equivalent to a minimum wage of $8.18 per hour. It dawns on Chris that if there is a minimum wage, why not a maximum wage? Guess what Chris finds after performing research. He learns that in 2013 there was a Swiss referendum to cap 'fat cat' pay at a 12:1 maximum wage. The referendum failed to pass with only 34.7% of voters in favor. Further, Chris finds that the city of Portland, Oregon in 2016 created a surcharge for corporate executives making more than 100 times the median salary of their employees. That's a maximum wage of approximately 110:1. The state of California attempted a similar tax in 2014, but the state legislature failed to reach a supermajority required for a new tax. Perhaps a 6:1 maximum wage is not so outlandish after all. But, the concept of wealth equality is in absolute contravention to the capitalistic principle of having no ceiling on one's income. In unfettered capitalism, a cap on greed cannot be permitted. Yet, Chris believes that even were wealth evenly distributed, those with six times that of everyone else would be happily quite well off. This book is primarily a blank journal for making economic notes on the predicted efficacy the proposed 6:1 maximum wage model. Several pages are devoted to proposing the model's principles, goals and rules. The rest of the book is blank for anyone interested in the economy to record their thoughts and opinions. Any feedback collected in your journal may be submitted to Chris for inclusion in his next book on the subject. Contact Chris at [email protected].

Author : Chris Pond,Steve Winyard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983*
Category : Minimum wage
ISBN : 0785510079

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The Case for a National Minimum Wage by Chris Pond,Steve Winyard Pdf

Author : David Neumark,William L. Wascher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Income distribution
ISBN : 9780262141024

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Minimum Wages by David Neumark,William L. Wascher Pdf

A comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool.

Author : Rome G. Brown
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0265261295

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The Minimum Wage by Rome G. Brown Pdf

Excerpt from The Minimum Wage: With Particular Reference to the Legislative Minimum Wage Under the Minnesota Statute of 1913 The preservation Of the voluntary element, however, is the means through which are obviated many Of the obsta clcs to the practical working of a compulsory minimum wage. Under the system of voluntary cooperation, employers cannot be driven out Of business; neither will the prices of their products be increased so as to deprive the recipient Of a minimum wage Of its benefits; neither will the minimum wage tend so much to become the maximum wage. Under a system of cooperation, the necessary adjustments, more in accordance with the natural economic law, will be worked out, and thereby artificial and unfair discrimination between competitors in the same industry will tend to be obviated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Edwin Thorold Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UGA:32108001725087

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Six Centuries of Work & Wages by James Edwin Thorold Rogers Pdf

Author : François Bonnet
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520973305

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The Upper Limit by François Bonnet Pdf

Since 1993, crime in the United States has fallen to historic lows, seeming to legitimize the country’s mix of welfare reform and mass incarceration. The Upper Limit explains how this unusual mix came about, examining how, beginning in the 1970s, declining living standards for the poor have defined social and penal policy in the United States, making welfare more restrictive and punishment harsher. François Bonnet shows how low-wage work sets the upper limit of social and penal policy, where welfare must be less attractive than low-wage work and criminal life must be less attractive than welfare. In essence, the living standards of the lowest class of workers in a society determine the upper limit for the generosity of welfare and for the humanity of punishment in that society. The Upper Limit explores the local consequences of this punitive adjustment in East New York, a Brooklyn neighborhood where crime fell in the 1990s. Bonnet argues that no meaningful penal reform can happen unless living standards and the minimum wage rise again. Enlightening and provocative, The Upper Limit provides a comprehensive theory of the evolution of social and penal policy.

Author : Donald Hirsch,Laura Valadez-Martinez,Laura Josefina Valadez Martínez
Publisher : Economy Key Ideas
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Basic income
ISBN : 1911116460

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The Living Wage by Donald Hirsch,Laura Valadez-Martinez,Laura Josefina Valadez Martínez Pdf

The "living wage" is an old idea that has experienced a dramatic resurgence of political popularity in recent years. The underlying logic of the concept is quite clear: it is a wage that provides workers with enough income to live on at some level considered adequate. However, in practice the term has become blurred with that of the "minimum wage" and in its implementation it has lacked a consistent meaning despite being widely used as a campaigning slogan. This short primer traces the origins of the concept of the living wage and seeks to explain the current rise in its fortunes as an economic instrument with a social objective. It examines its impact on labor markets and wage levels, explores how it has been applied, and assesses whether it is an effective measure for raising living standards. Drawing on case studies from France, the Netherlands, the USA, and the UK, The Living Wage offers a broad-ranging analysis of the debates, policy developments and limitations of wage floors in developed economies and will appeal to a wide readership in economics, public policy and sociology, as well as those working in non-profit and non-governmental organizations.

Author : Aidan Harper,Alfie Stirling,Anna Coote
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509539666

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The Case for a Four Day Week by Aidan Harper,Alfie Stirling,Anna Coote Pdf

Not so long ago, people thought that a ten-hour, six-day week was normal; now, it’s the eight-hour, five-day week. Will that soon be history too? In this book, three leading experts argue why it should be. They map out a pragmatic pathway to a shorter working week that safeguards earnings for the lower-paid and keeps the economy flourishing. They argue that this radical vision will give workers time to be better parents and carers, allow men and women to share paid and unpaid work more equally, and help to save jobs – and create new ones – in the post-pandemic era. Not only that, but it will combat stress and illness caused by overwork and help to protect the environment. This is essential reading for anyone who has ever felt they could live and work a lot better if all weekends were three days long.

Author : John Bates Clark
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781596052529

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The Distribution of Wealth by John Bates Clark Pdf

What would be the rate of wages, if labor and capital were to remain fixed in quantity, if improvements in the mode of production were to stop, if the consolidating of capital were to cease and if the wants of consumers were never to alter? The question assumes, of course, that industry shall go on, and that, notwithstanding a paralysis of the forces of progress, wealth shall continue to be created under the influence of a perfectly unobstructed competition. -from the Preface John Bates Clark was the first American economist with an international reputation-this revolutionary 1899 work is what brought him that distinction. In clear, lucid language that makes his economic philosophy so plain we take it for granted today, Clark lays out his Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution, a rebuttal to Marx and an apologetic for capitalism. Insisting that in a competitive market economy, all work is fully and fairly recompensed and all labor and capital are, in a very real sense, equal components, Clark shattered then widely held theories of economics with his groundbreaking thesis. And his work continues to influence the global financial situation today. American economist JOHN BATES CLARK (1847-1938), who also wrote the significant The Philosophy of Wealth (1885), was professor of political economy at Columbia University and one of the founders of the American Economic Association. The prestigious John Bates Clark Medal for economic thought is named for him.