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	Minimum Wage and Fairness URL: http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=674 ODP description: Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive. Page title: Minimum Wage and Fairness [Mackinac Center for Public Policy] Page description: An article on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan.
	Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate? URL: http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/increase_minimum.html ODP description: Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage, with a long list of annotated links to other arguments pro and con. Page title: South-Western: Increase in the Minimum Wage
	Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up URL: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0829-08.htm ODP description: Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
	Ignoring Economics URL: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-11_15_05_TS_pf.html ODP description: An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well. Page title: Untitled Document
	The Case Against a Higher Minimum Wage URL: http://www.house.gov/jec/cost-gov/regs/minimum/case.htm ODP description: From the Joint Economic Committee in Congress, a compilation of links to 1995-1996 reports against the minimum wage increase being considered at that time.
	The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Small Business URL: http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_viewpoints_raising_minimum_wage_2004 ODP description: An economist's testimony to a House of Representatives subcommittee on why the federal minimum wage should be raised. Page title: Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Small Business Page description: EPI Viewpoints
	Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98 URL: http://www.cbpp.org/529ormw.htm ODP description: Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
	Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain URL: http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=356 ODP description: Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers. Page title: Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain [Mackinac Center for Public Policy] Page description: An article on liberty and free markets as sound public policy for Michigan.
	U.S. Minimum Wage History URL: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth484/minwage.html ODP description: Three charts showing changes in the minimum wage, its value, and its relationship to the poverty level over the last several decades. Page description: Wealth and Poverty Web Page
	Raising the National Minimum Wage URL: http://www.raiseminwage.org/ ODP description: Sources of information about the federal minimum wage, arguments both for and against raising it, research studies, news, politics, and the wage in other countries. Page title: The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
	U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division URL: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/ ODP description: Information from the federal Department of Labor. Page title: US Department of Labor: Compliance Assistance: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
	The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth URL: http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa106.html ODP description: From 1988, a popular analysis of the economic, social, and political reasons not to raise the minimum wage. Page description: Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs available
	Livable Wage Legislation URL: http://www.vtlivablewage.org/legislation.html ODP description: From Vermont's livable wage campaign, lots of information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage. Page description: Created in 1996 by the PJC, the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign (VLWC) is a coalition of local living wage groups, non-profit advocacy groups, unions, and religious communities. The VLWC is engaged in research, advocacy, educational programs, and grassroots organizing in it's dedication to ensuring that every Vermonter receives a livable wage or income.
	Minimum Wage Escalation URL: http://www.amatecon.com/etext/mwe/mwe-es.html ODP description: Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
	Minimum Wage Issue Guide URL: http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwage ODP description: Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
	The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman's Issue URL: http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issuebriefs_ib133 ODP description: From the Economic Policy Institute, an analysis of how a minimum wage increase would help working women and reduce the gender gap in wages.
	Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth URL: http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=nr050916minwage ODP description: From Oregon, a report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage. Page title: Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth - Oregon Center for Public Policy