Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's position on policy on markets and trade is very plain, which is we'll do trade deals but only if they… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Men Wanted for Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages for Long Hours of Arduous Labour under Brutal Conditions; Months of Continual Darkness and Extreme… — Ernest Shackleton Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is moving to - and will continue to move to the economic argument, as to why what he's… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
Life is work, and everything you do is so much more experience. Sometimes you work for wages, sometimes not, but what does… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Raising minimum wage doesn't just benefit the workers behind me, it creates a proven ripple effect that increases wages all the way… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
If increasing income equality is the goal, it might be wiser to put money into infrastructure than to subsidize manufacturing. Construction also… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
Don't be deceived when our Revolution has been finally stamped out and they tell you things are better now Even if there's… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
I think what you've got are millions of people who are in trouble today. They really are. They're confused. They're working longer… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I've been talking about income inequality in America for twenty years, and when I was president, people didn't pay much attention to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... it is more than petty treason to the Republic, to call a free citizen a servant. The whole class of young… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Obamacare is the nation's biggest job killer and stands in the way of our country's economic growth and prosperity. It should be… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation.… — Stephanie Cutter Copy Share Image
So be my passing! My task accomplished and the long day done, My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
Do we stand up over a gold plated trophy? Or do we stand up and say we need equal wages and equal… — Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson Copy Share Image
The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[We need] to choose immigrants based on merit. Merit, skill, and proficiency. Doesn't that sound nice? And to establish new immigration controls… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Competitiveness is defined as the ability of companies to compete while maintaining or improving the average standard of living. If you are… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
The theory [before the twentieth century] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not… — Florence Kelley Copy Share Image
When I visited coffee farms in Ethiopia, the farmers could not believe we spend a week's wages in their country on a… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Bringing undocumented immigrants out from the shadows, putting them into the formal economy will be good, because then employers can't exploit them… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We're told compassion comes not from generosity but from compliance. We're told kindness means raiding a man's hard-earned wages and sending them… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
It is not by the absolute quantity of produce obtained by either class, that we can correctly judge of the rate of… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
At the peak of the so-called great success of neoliberal economics, in 2007, right before the crash, non-supervisory workers were at wages… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I know media is not necessarily focused on these things. But what a campaign is about is not Hillary Clinton, it's not… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
I concluded that the trade agreements weren't working as promised, and was depreciating the wages and the manufacturing base, and the jobs… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
Private property works like circuitry in electronics, or piping in hydraulics. It conveys wages to the owners of labor power, as well… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
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