| 1. Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate? |
| Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage, with a long list of annotated links to other arguments pro and con. |
| http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/i... |
| 2. Ignoring Economics |
| An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well. |
| http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/c... |
| 3. Livable Wage Legislation |
| From Vermont's livable wage campaign, lots of information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage. |
| http://www.vtlivablewage.org/legislation.html |
| 4. Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up |
| Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty. |
| http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0829-08.h... |
| 5. Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain |
| Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers. |
| http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=356 |
| 6. Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth |
| From Oregon, a report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage. |
| http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=... |
| 7. Minimum Wage Escalation |
| Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy. |
| http://www.amatecon.com/etext/mwe/mwe-es.html |
| 8. Minimum Wage Issue Guide |
| Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles. |
| http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides... |
| 9. Minimum Wage and Fairness |
| Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive. |
| http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=674 |
