By Oren Levin-Waldman

This independent examine the minimal salary debate in the United States lines the heritage of minimal salary coverage at either the federal and kingdom degrees, discusses the controversies swirling round the factor, and examines the veracity of claims made by means of humans on either side of the debate.

• offers facts now not quite often present in the various common works

• reports the effect of past raises within the minimal salary at either the federal and kingdom levels

• Identifies the major critics and proponents of minimal salary raises from the early twentieth century to the present

• Surveys the impression of repayment legislation round the world

• can pay realization to affect of minimal salary coverage at the heart category in addition to the negative and dealing class

• offers an neutral and impartial examine the difficulty, acknowledging the validity of issues and matters raised via either sides

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