Recent months have seen President Obama make a renewed push to address inequality in the U.S., especially via one policy lever he has focused on previously- raising the minimum wage. For many, conventional economic wisdom states that raising the minimum wage costs jobs, as employers are less willing to take on staff at higher rates […]
Alan Manning
Alan Manning is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Director of the Communities Programme in the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE.