The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth - From 1988, a popular analysis of the economic, social, and political reasons not to raise the minimum wage. - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa106.html
The Case Against a Higher Minimum Wage - From the Joint Economic Committee in Congress, a compilation of links to 1995-1996 reports against the minimum wage increase being considered at that time. - http://www.house.gov/jec/cost-gov/regs/minimum/case.htm
The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman's Issue - From the Economic Policy Institute, an analysis of how a minimum wage increase would help working women and reduce the gender gap in wages. - http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issuebriefs_ib133
U.S. Minimum Wage History - Three charts showing changes in the minimum wage, its value, and its relationship to the poverty level over the last several decades. - http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth484/minwage.html
SuperSizeMyPay Canada - A campaign to end the Canadian training wage, raise the minimum wage to $12/hour, and win workers the respect they deserve. - http://www.supersizemypay.net
Livable Wage Legislation - From Vermont's livable wage campaign, lots of information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage. - http://www.vtlivablewage.org/legislation.html
The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Small Business - An economist's testimony to a House of Representatives subcommittee on why the federal minimum wage should be raised. - http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_viewpoints_raising_minimum_wage_2004
Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth - From Oregon, a report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage. - http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=nr050916minwage
Raising the National Minimum Wage - Sources of information about the federal minimum wage, arguments both for and against raising it, research studies, news, politics, and the wage in other countries. - http://www.raiseminwage.org/
Ignoring Economics - An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well. - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-11_15_05_TS_pf.html
Minimum Wage Issue Guide - Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles. - http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwage
Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain - Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers. - http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=356
Minimum Wage and Fairness - Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive. - http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=674
Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up - Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty. - http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0829-08.htm
Minimum Wage Escalation - Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy. - http://www.amatecon.com/etext/mwe/mwe-es.html