The economics behind raising the minimum wage in the United States are largely misunderstood. Increases in minimum wage prove to increase unemployment among unskilled workers, leading to a survival-of-the-fittest labor market, where only the most skilled and desirable workers retain their jobs. Those justifying raising the minimum wage need to realize there are innumerable people […]
New Mexico’s minimum wage has been set at $7.25 an hour since 2009. On January 1st 2020, they made a new law that minimum wage is now starting at $9.00 an hour. This could have many negatives and positives for companies and businesses. The new minimum wage law could make businesses go bankrupt and possibly […]
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Get startedRaise the Wage Act also known as the S150 Bill was introduced in Senate on January 2019 by Vermont Senator, Bernard Sanders. Senator Sanders is the original sponsor of this bill and have been actively advocating for a sustainable and fair minimum wage for Americans. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, there was […]
In 2018, the minimum wage for an EMT in Wisconsin is 15 dollars an hour, an average of 32,000 dollars a year. I believe as well as other EMTs, that we are underpaid for the amount of work and daily tasks we achieve and overcome in a day. EMTs are like doctors and nurses on […]
Aetna embarked on the decision to increase the wage floor for its employees who fell within the lowest percentages of the wage scale. The increase in wages was promoted by shifts in the economy as well as the need to employ a high-level of new talent. To accomplish this goal, Aetna decided to increase the […]
The team issue we have chosen for our topic is Gender Equality, as it seems to be a big dilemma around the world right now. I chose to write about the economic issue of gender equality since there have been many debates around the issue that men usually get paid more than women due to […]
Ever since its creation by the congress, who passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, the federal minimum wage guaranteed a certain amount of money and the entitlement for it to workers in the United States of America, but yet has always sparked debates and discussions whether or not it should be raised or […]
Discussion about what to do with minimum wage laws here in America has been at a higher than normal level since the Democratic Party took over as majority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent midterm elections, giving them control of Congress. There has also been talk on what […]
Impoverishment throughout the United States of America has affected many. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017, the official poverty rate was 12.3 percent (“What is the Current Poverty Rate in The United States”.) With such an alarming and high number of poverty, what did Congress propose to the people? In order to fight […]
The cost of living is so high, especially in major cities such as New York, it is nearly unbearable to raise a family that’s earning minimum wage. A single-family have to make ends meet to survive on a minimum wage job. The living expense is just too outrageous to do it alone. The salary of […]
America is a divided country full of divisive issues, with not many issues more divisive than the minimum wage. Some Americans believe that the minimum wage should be a livable wage and must be raised. While others believe that the minimum wage should not increase since any increase in the wage causes more harm than […]
Abstract: How much is too much? This is the question I asked myself over and over again about the minimum wage. I miss the days I didn’t know so much about the way our economy works then so you can hide in ignorance. I take the issue being against the minimum wage I think the […]
In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House, a drama written during an 1879, middle-class, suburban Europe, he boldly depicts a female protagonist. In a culture with concern for fulfilling, or more so portraying a socially acceptable image, Nora faces the restraints of being a doll in her own house and a little helpless bird. The title […]
The Industrial Revolution has many positives, negatives, and leaders like Susan B. Anthony. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain started in the 1700s with the steam engine. It was successful because they had natural resources like iron and coal, lots of skilled workers, and colonies to provide raw materials and to buy goods. One inventor […]
There is insufficient data on several issues related to mass incarceration of people in American jails. Although the United States has 5% of global population, it contains 25% of people in jails. Yet those being the bars are disproportionately in favor whites, who by far outweigh the Blacks in the country. Besides, there is no […]
The Great Depression was the most extended and severe recession in the Western world. It lasted from 1929 to 1939 and began after the stock market crash of 1929, the crash sent panic throughout all of Wall Street and wiped out millions of investors. This caused consumer spending and investment to drop, which led to […]
To what extent did New Deal legislation represent a change in American government? This question is particularly important because it shows how the effects and the preventative masseurs of the past directly influence the way things work today. How the Social Security Act, the development of the State Welfare Programs, and Industrial Pensions and Welfare […]
The Great Depression started to take effect in August 1923 and did not end until March 1933. This was a time of an economic crisis, where money became scarce from job loss and debt. World War I brought the United States a great of money, with the need of mass production for equipment to supply […]
The Great Depression and The Great Recession are two important downfalls in economic fluctuation in two completely different time periods. The 1930s (The time period The Great Depression) and the late 2000s (The time period of the Great Recession) are very different, but problems within the Federal government provided a parallel between the two. What […]
During the early 1900’s, those who were living inside of the United States or those who migrated from elsewhere were determined and willing to work hard in order to pursue the American Dream. Those who weren’t very recognized but yet notably ambitious in achieving their dreams were Chinese workers that immigrated to California, middle class […]
Before the Great Depression, the idea that government should use its fiscal policy to moderate the business cycle was far from the focus of political and economic debate. In the past, the government borrowed during wartime as wars were very expensive. Borrowings were large relative to the size of the economy and a balanced budget […]
Nutrient pollution is one of America’s most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems, and is caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the air and water (epa.gov/nutrientpollution/problem.). Nitrogen occurs naturally in the environment, it plays a crucial role in the nitrogen cycle, as well as being the most abundant element in air. Together, nitrogen and […]
The Columbian Exchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the vast transfer of goods, culture, technology, diseases, and ideas in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1492 the integration of the old and new world inspired discussion of religion, brought about different goods and services to be traded, and manifested diseases that would become deadly. Although […]
The Columbian Exchange gave manner to a life lived in modern twenty-four hours. Without the happening of the Columbian exchange these resources that are so readily available would not be easy to obtain. The Columbian Exchange was the development of non-native works, animate beings, and disease from Europe to the Americas and vise versa. Upon […]
This research paper addresses the influences of the profound discoveries made during the Industrial Revolution on the American Dream, mainly the railroads. It uses a variety of sources. My goal is to comprehend the changes on people’s goals when America’s population, jobs, and opportunities spiked. This research paper is important because it addresses the time […]
Numbers are a vital part of our daily life. We base our life off of 24 hours each day, and during that time, we interact with numbers more than we realize. Anything from checking the time, to shopping, to even eating is essentially controlled by numbers. Saving time, money, measuring ingredients when baking, all depends […]
College is the best investment you can make in your life. A college education provides you a better hourly wage or salary, it overall makes it more likely to be employed and gives you more flexibility when it comes to finding a job. Even with the tuition cost and fear of wasting time, college is […]
Money is a very essential part of life. It is what allows economies, businesses and lives to continue growing. Adults spend half their week at work or preparing for work and it’s all to receive the enormous check at the end of the day. Look around and there is actually nothing that isn’t involved with […]
The Gold Rush occurred between 1849 and 1874 in California, where over a billion dollars of gold was unearthed from the ground. There was an influx of people who hoped to benefit from this fortune which affected the economic, social and political development in California. James Marshall first discovered gold in Coloma, and initially it […]
The movie, Inside Job, certainly investigates how variations in banking practices and the policy environment helped construct the financial crisis. In September of 2008, when Lehman Brothers and AIG declared bankruptcy, it set in motion a massive financial crisis. The national debt of the U.S. was doubled; it put 30 million people unemployed, and cost […]
