“With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.” WayStrongHoursEconomyPathStandardsGainsProductivityImprovingWagesStagnantGet Ahead Author:Jared Bernstein
“Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is to gain her; and zealously to labour after her wages, is to receive them.” VirtueGainsLabourAspireWagesSincerely Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.” MenMadeCareersStudyHugeGainsAccessPlanningWagesPillsFamily Planning Author:Jennifer Granholm
“One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically. Most of the income in this country is made by people at the top who get dividends and - and capital gains.” PeopleMadeCountryReasonSocialTroubleSecurityGainsIncomeStreamsWagesSocial SecurityFundingDividendsCapital Gains Author:Mike Huckabee
“In raising the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates in the same manner as simple interest does in the accumulation of debt. Our merchants and master manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price, and thereby lessening the sale of their goods, both at home and abroad. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits; they are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only of those of other people.” PeopleDoePhilosophyPoliticalInterestSimpleEffectsMastersGainsEconomicsRegardSilentProfitComplainingGoodsCommodityWagesCompoundsMerchantsPerniciousCompound Interest Author:Adam Smith
“If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed".” IfsSocialLibertyStruggleHigherGainsWorkersGreedProfitLibertarianSelfishLibertarianismBusinessmanWages Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not stronger- our ability to act as an economic mechanism to distribute the gains of our work and raise all workers' wages and benefits up is disappearing.” Has BeensGovernmentGrowsAbilityPovertyEconomicCostBenefitsGainsProgramStrongerRaisesUnionsWorkersDisappearMechanismWagesDimes Author:Andy Stern