Obama’s Pledge to Raise the Minimum Wage is Good Policy

Griffith Asia Institute
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In his State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama reignited a perennial debate in his proposal to increase the minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 an hour to $9.00 an hour. Advocating for the move, Obama argued that “this single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families. It […]