Harvard is vaulting workers into the middle class with high pay. Can anyone else follow its lead?
Harvard is vaulting workers into the middle class with high pay. Can anyone else follow its lead?
- September 8, 2018
- Research by David Neumark, economics, via The New York Times, Sep. 8, 2018
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Research by David Neumark, a labor economist at the University of California, Irvine,
points out that in the parts of the economy most susceptible to automation, imposing
a “living wage” might just accelerate the pace at which robots take over everybody’s
job.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/business/economy/harvard-living-wage.html.
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