The hidden power keeping wages low

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave ...

Opinion: The high cost of high minimum wages

In the long run, the best way to help struggling families is through pro-growth policies that create jobs.
The Republic

Low wages, personal income dampen Hoosier economy strength

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis just released national data on the nation’s gross domestic product growth during the last quarter of 2025. The country’s growth in Q4 2025 was 1.4%. Increases in ...
NBC 6 South Florida

How Low-Wage Work Could Get Even Worse in a Post-Pandemic Future

The failure of a federal $15 minimum wage to protect its place in the Biden stimulus package will not be the only headwind for low-wage workers as advanced economies like the U.S. emerge from the ...

Low wages, poor training put security guards—and the public—at risk, study finds

Tens of thousands of private security guards in California play a critical role in public safety, but poverty-level wages and ...
WBEZ

CPS lunchroom workers say wages are so low they can barely feed their own families

More than 100 Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers picketed outside the district’s Downtown headquarters Monday morning demanding a new contract, higher wages and fully staffed kitchens. Wearing a ...