The Case for the Living Wage

Table of Contents......Page 11
1. Introduction......Page 15
2. Civic Republicanism, Poverty, And Inequality......Page 25
3. Religious Foundations of a Living Wage......Page 43
Mainstream Protestantism and Poverty......Page 53
Judaism and poverty......Page 55
Evangelical Christians and poverty......Page 58
Roman Catholicism and poverty......Page 63
4. Poverty and Inequality in the United States and Great Britain......Page 69
5. The Superiority of the Living Wage......Page 99
The Importance of Work......Page 100
No Connection to the Government’s Budget......Page 103
Economic Growth......Page 106
Worker Training......Page 108
Basic Income Guarantee......Page 110
Providing Each Citizen A “Stake”......Page 113
Participation Income......Page 114
The Earned Income Tax Credit......Page 116
Employment Subsidies......Page 118
6. The Structure of a Living Wage......Page 123
Poverty Level......Page 132
The Percentage Method......Page 136
7. Addressing the Arguments Against a Living Wage......Page 141
Efficiency gains......Page 147
Purchasing Power......Page 149
8. Public Support for a Living Wage......Page 163
9. The Rise and Fall of the Minimum Wage......Page 187
10. Halfway to Welfare Reform......Page 217
11. Conclusion......Page 241
Selected Bibliography......Page 245
Index......Page 251