Impossibility and gradualism in labor markets: Reflections on the ethics of a living wage

Ethicists and economists often raise two objections to the idea of a living wage. The "impossibility objection" claims that raising minimum wages will lead to unemployment. The "gradualism objection" claims that low wages in the present will allow for economic growth and higher w...

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Main Author: Butner, D. Glenn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2019]
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2019, Volume: 116, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-74
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HC New Testament
NCE Business ethics
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Economics
B living wage movement
B Minimum Wage
B Social Ethics
B Acts
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