Brett Litzler is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. The following is an op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views… Read more “The Push for the $15 per hour Minimum Wage is Here. Do the Arguments of its Opponents Hold Up?”
Tag: Economic Policy
GW WonkCast S3E7-1: Below the Fold: Minimum Wage Violations and the Primordial Soup of Policy Making
This week, our #BelowtheFold goes meta. co-Host Katherine Lundie starts off by discussing a Politico investigation into the enforcement of minimum wage violations. In six states, there… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E7-1: Below the Fold: Minimum Wage Violations and the Primordial Soup of Policy Making”
GW WonkCast S3E6-2: Opportunity Zones for Investment
The new tax bill contains an opportunity zones provision which allows companies and corporations to defer capital gains to an opportunity fund. These funds will be allocated… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E6-2: Opportunity Zones for Investment”