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After seven years, the minimum wage is worth a lot less

by Tony Wagner
Jul 25, 2016
Depending on how to measure, the minimum wage should be closer to $12, or even $19.
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez offers a young girl a milkshake he made as he toured a Shake Shack restaurant in Washington in 2014 to promote raising the federal minimum wage.
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Weekly Wrap: The future of the U.S. economy

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 13, 2015
Marketplace recaps the week's business and economics news.
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The leap not taken: Wage growth

by Eliza Mills
Jan 23, 2015
Why haven't wage growth caught up to job growth?
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Jobs are rebounding. Why are wages stagnant?

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 9, 2015
More jobs should demand for and higher wages, but that isn't happening.
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Health care cost increases slow, but so have wages

by Dan Gorenstein
Jan 8, 2015
A bigger share of Americans' household budgets goes to health care costs.
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Growing wages, job creation, and your money

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Dec 8, 2014
Has the job market changed for you?
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How the U.S. might get to wage growth

by Dan Gorenstein
Nov 7, 2014
There's plenty of job growth. Wage growth? Not so much.
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