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The "living wage" is an old idea that has experienced a dramatic resurgence of political popularity in recent years. The underlying logic of the concept is quite clear: it is a wage that provides workers with enough income to live on at some level considered adequate. However, in practice the term has become blurred with that of the "minimum wage" and in its implementation it has lacked a consistent meaning despite being widely used as a campaigning slogan. This short primer traces the origins of the concept of the living ...

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    • Title: The Living Wage by Donald Hirsch; Laura Valadez-Martinez
    • Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services UK-Academic
    • Print ISBN: 9781911116462, 1911116460
    • eText ISBN: 9781788210218
    • Edition: 2017 1st edition
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