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How the 2014 Minimum Wage Debate Will End

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

The latest exchange on raising the minimum wage in 2014 -- triggered by a Congressional Budget Office report that gave ammo to both sides -- is just one chapter in this ongoing political brawl. But as the year wears on, Republicans will find that

this issue will only get more prickly for them...

The Surprising Benefits of Raising the Minimum Wage

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

It's common wisdom that raising the minimum wage is bad for business, and thus bad for the economy. Or is it? Some conservative economists are now arguing that increasing the minimum wage would stimulate the U.S. economy and save the government billions of dollars in addition to improving the lives of low income workers.

It makes more sense than you'd think...