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Bonus Podcast: Should We Abolish the Minimum Wage?
FromOpen to Debate
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Sep 4, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
This is a special podcast for Labor Day. The first attempt at establishing a national minimum wage, a part of 1933’s sweeping National Industrial Recovery Act, was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935. But in 1938, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a minimum hourly wage of 25 cents—$4.07 in today’s dollars. Three-quarters of a century later, we are still debating the merits of this cornerstone of the New Deal. Do we need government to ensure a decent paycheck, or would low-wage workers and the economy be better off without its intervention?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 4, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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