Colin Gordon and John Schmitt

Colin Gordon is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. John Schmitt is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

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What’s So Bold about $9.00 an Hour? Benchmarking the Minimum Wage

February 27, 2013 · Online Articles

However bold the president’s pitch seems in the current political climate, a minimum wage of $9.00/hour is still a modest threshold by any sensible measure. {…}

By Colin Gordon and John Schmitt