Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Political Economy of the Minimum Wage -- The Goals of Minimum Wage Policy -- Arguments For and Against a Minimum Wage -- Moral Arguments For a Minimum Wage -- Economic Arguments For a Minimum Wage -- Moral Arguments...

The problem of trying to estimate what the effect of the minimum wage will have on employment (or any other outcome) has puzzled economists for over 150 years. Some factions in Germany have recently contemplated supplementing their extensive system of sector and branch minimum wages with a...