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29 Jun

Shifting the Goalposts in Seattle Minimum Wage Debate

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here It’s been a few months since the first increase in the Seattle minimum wage (see here for the schedule of bump...

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25 Jun

IRS Income Data on US Households

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Bloomberg

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15 Jun

2015 Two-Bedroom Rental Unit Housing Wage

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: WonkBlog

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11 Jun

2015 Executive Pay by Peer Group

by Barry Ritholtz
Fascinating data set assembled by the crack team at Bloomberg:   Source: Bloomberg  

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11 Jun

Wal-Mart’s Pay Raises Are Paying Dividends

by Barry Ritholtz
Wal-Mart Learns to Live Without Everyday Poverty Wages Employee turnover is down, but will profits rise? Bloomberg, June 11, 2015  ...

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8 Jun

The Sound of an Improving Labor Market

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: WSJ

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30 May

Dynastic Billionaire Wealth Under Siege!

by Barry Ritholtz
This has to be the strangest headline relative to the content I have seen in a very long time:   Source: Wealth Management

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22 May

Minimum Wage by City

by Barry Ritholtz
Good chart, relevant to our discussion of fast food minimum wages in Seattle and earlier elsewhere this week.   click for ginormous...

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20 May

Fast Food, Minimum Wage, and Wealth Transfers

by Barry Ritholtz
This week, Los Angeles became the third major West Coast city and the biggest in the U.S. to agree to raise the minimum wage to $15 an...

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19 May

Biggest Retirement Mistakes People Make

by Barry Ritholtz
The data on this is fascinating: Many people plan on supplementing their retirement funds by working past 65, but this plan may not be as...

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