There is substantial evidence of minimum wage noncompliance in the US and the UK. In this paper, I compile new, comprehensive data on the costs minimum wage violators incur when detected. In both countries, the costs violators face upon detection are often little more than the money they saved...

The concept of full employment is associated with diverse economic, political and social aspects. We provide a survey of theory, empirics and policy issues related to full employment. We make a novel contribution by tying together multi-dimensional aspects of full employment regarding...

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise of the Counter-Elite -- 2. The Recruiting Grounds of the Counter-Elite -- 3. School Meals and Medical Inspection -- 4. Child Welfare -- 5. Old Age Pensions -- 6. The Webbs and the Minority Report on the Poor Law -- 7. The Great...