Workers across the country will see their pay increase as new minimum wage laws take effect this month. The minimum wage rose ...

A new study reveals the ‘welfare versus work paradox’: when wages sink close to subsistence, welfare can be the rational ...

Millions no longer count as poor, but still live one crisis away from hunger, debt, or despair. Poverty on paper isn't ...

The wage increases are expected to affect more than 880,000 workers this summer as minimum wage laws take effect in areas ...

World Bank numbers show a shocking 44.7% of Pakistanis stay below the global poverty line. That works out to more than 107 ...

Once Continuing Claims reach 2 million per week, expect a change in the narrative -- including from the Fed -- on our steady ...

Many junior white-collar and graduate roles are now perilously close to, or only just above, the minimum wage, creating a range of HR risks.

A recent report from a University of Chattanooga Economics Professor says that job growth before the COVID pandemic may have ...

The last 50 years have been a sickening catastrophe for the working class and have created another class of people who really ...

A “very topical” higher-level economics paper featured a broad mix of macro and micro questions, but students hoping for high marks needed to have studied the full course, teachers have said.

Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...

The typical home in Massachusetts now costs six times more than the average household’s annual income. In Greater Boston, it is more like seven times more.