Starting new Quote by Don Watkins

In our high-tech, high-skilled economy where low-skilled work is being scaled back, phased out, exported, or severely under-compensated, all the right behavior in the…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can't find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they're…

— Paul Krugman

High-skilled workers increasingly choose lucrative jobs that don't serve or supervise low-skilled workers. Low-skilled productivity and wage growth has lagged as a result.

— Edward Conard

Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Low pay generally means harder work under worse conditions.

— Paul Goodman

There's so much technical and practical skill that goes into everybody's jobs, and wages should reflect that. Massive companies shouldn't be able to just…

— Ayo Edebiri

The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be…

— Henry Ford

I can be the most skilled person in the world, but if everyone else at my firm lacks skills, my employer is going to…

— Timothy J. Bartik

Many people still rely on the work of lower income because they are afraid to fail if tried other jobs.

— Danial Hakim

Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to…

— Mark Price

“The secret of wealth is that workers are systematically underpaid.”

— Julie Rivkin

Although everyone does benefit from lower-priced goods and services, people also care greatly about the chance to be productively employed and the quality of…

— Michael Spence