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The Complexities Of Securing Living Wages For The Working Poor, Kevin Twain Lowery
The Complexities Of Securing Living Wages For The Working Poor, Kevin Twain Lowery
Faculty Scholarship – Economics
This essay examines the complexities involved with making the minimum wage a living wage for working families. The author contends that, since there are many ways by which businesses and corporations can maintain their profit margin, a simple change in legislation (i.e., merely raising the minimum wage) will not be sufficient for maintaining living wages for the working poor.