#Wages

Chas (pvp gank paladin) Emerick

aside from being some freebase-level death cult shit,talking about wages in the middle ages is extremely fraught (quote from https://ehsthelongrun.net/2018/11/27/wages-in-the-middle-ages/), and @bopinion (opinion or not) offhandedly dropping what loo

Arindrajit Dube

What do UI benefits (B) do to wages?Generally we expect a higher B to:1) increase wages as searchers become more choosy (higher reservation wages)2) increase wages as it strengthens workers

David Zentler-Munro

1/2 I had thought that James' second point is a good argument for the merits of unions relative to minimum wages (which only compress wages at the bottom) but...https://twitter.com/jdcmedlock/status/1302098718720630786 2/2

43% of Americans have lost wages or jobs because of the lockdowns. 43%. But don’t worry - we’re just stupid idiots manipulated by Russia to re-elect Trump, and not people

Dr. Abdullah Al Bahrani

Eliminating minimum wage by education level is one of the best things to happen to the Omani labor market. This provides one basic minimum wage of 335 Oman rials per

Interesting post discussing yesterday's wage figures. One point was that although low, wages growth has exceeded CPI, pointing to growth in real wages.Given wages growth generally has to exceed CPI

Kayleigh McEnany

Yesterday, the NYTimes dishonestly denied that mass immigration can harm American workers and depress wages. In reality, it’s the NYTimes that has “ignored” the research of its own writers... NYTimes’

Owen Jones 🌹

This is a big deal: the furlough scheme doesn't take into account tips for bar workers, which make up 40% of their usual wages.What is @RishiSunak going to do to

Rich "The People's Pundit" Baris

In a virtual fundraiser for @JoeBiden, he claimed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added to the deficit.That is NOT true.A recent CBO budget outlook finds it not only did not,

Some PL clubs have told players they must fulfil media commitments to give rights holders content in absence of football. But many players unreceptive to extra club duties if taking

NEW: Many businesses are saying they can't get enough workers to fill empty roles right now. I wanted to learn more about the businesses that are finding luck with recruiting

Just a reminder that equalization payments come from federal revenue collected primarily from percentage-based taxation. The higher your salary, the more you pay in income tax. The more you spend,

United Farm Workers

Fernando shared this video of the cilantro harvest in Oxnard CA. He earns $1.80 per box of 60 bunches or .85cents per box of 30 bunches. He is considered a

Mga mhie...... I get that we all deserve better wages..... but I think it also bears reflection on your lifestyle if you don't find 40k a liveable wage......... bc it

epiphanyinbmore

I picked up a woman in her 50s or 60s today, tired after an 8-4 shift at a laundromat on Howard Street. She needed a ride over west, and it's

1/ @NIESRorg #GeneralElection2019 analysis on minimum wages is out now. Both @Conservatives and @UKLabour are planning large increases in minimum wages, but there is no free lunch. @NuffieldFoundhttps://www.niesr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publicatio