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The living wage : building a fair economy / Robert Pollin and Stephanie Luce.
Lippincott Library HD4918 .P65 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollin, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minimum wage--United States.
- Minimum wage.
- United States.
- Cost and standard of living--United States.
- Cost and standard of living.
- Working class--United States.
- Working class.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1998.
- Summary:
- With almost one-third of all working people today earning wages below the official poverty line, community coalitions around the country have responded by proposing "living wage" ordinances at the municipal level. This book analyzes the specifics of this new economic concept, as well as documents the results of its implementation in cities around the nation. Illustrated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565844092
- OCLC:
- 38281334
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