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 ...

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 ...

Variations in minimum wages across the United States has gained renewed attention following New York’s most recent increase on January 1. The raise, announced in December by Governor Kathy Hochul, ...

Yesterday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would reconvene the state’s wage board to lead a review of hourly pay rates in the state’s fast-food industry. Just a few months ago, Cuomo accepted ...

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 ...