Would A Higher Minimum Wage Increase Inequality?

The increased earnings for low-wage workers resulting from the higher minimum wage would total $31 billion, by CBO’s estimate. However, those earnings would not go only to low-income families, because many low-wage workers are not members of low-income families. Just 19 percent of the $31 billion would accrue to families with earnings below the poverty […]



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Face of Venezuela's opposition

When Leopoldo Lopez turned himself in to authorities this week, he did it on his terms -- and not before climbing onto a statue of a Cuban national hero to deliver a passionate message to hordes of his supporters gathered at a square in the eastern Caracas neighborhood of Chacaito.



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VIDEO: Pro-Maduro Venezuelans on protests

Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro talk to the BBC about what they think of anti-government demonstrations.



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Blaming Babies

[Tim Armstrong, the chief executive officer of AOL] explained it this way: “We had two AOL-ers that had distressed babies that were born that we paid a million dollars each to make sure those babies were OK in general. And those are the things that add up into our benefits cost. So when we had […]



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Venezuelan President Threatens to Expel CNN

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Cuban day spas: plucked, primped and preened – Havana style - The Guardian

Cuban day spas: plucked, primped and preened – Havana style The Guardian The entrepreneurial owner travels to Mexico to buy products and equipment. For my 10CUC (£6) scrub, I am presented with a microscopic towel – there's no room in Cuba for body anxiety. The chatty therapist trowels me with honey, butter, olive oil and ...

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Daily Headlines: February 21, 2014

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