Introduction -- Democratic theory -- Evolution of wage policy -- Post New Deal Era and the demise of wage policy -- New living wage movement -- Wage policy for the middle class -- Wage policy and the path towards democracy.

This book delivers a fresh and fascinating perspective on the issue of the minimum wage. While most discussions of the minimum wage place it at the center of a debate between those who oppose such a policy and argue it leads to greater unemployment, and those who favor it and argue it improves...