The Floor Beneath the Floor: Minimum Wage Economics
Books that map the economics, organizing history, and lived reality behind campaigns to raise the federal minimum wage, from undercover reporting on poverty-line work to the political structures that stall redistributive reform.
Optimized for books about books explaining minimum wage debates, labor organizing, and the economics of low-wage work in America.
Nickel and DimedBarbara Ehrenreich, Sara BershtelUndercover reporting that vividly shows how low wages and precarious work make living on the current low minimum...Shelf signal: Poverty & Homelessness
There Is Power in a UnionPhilip DrayA sweeping history of American unions that explains the organizing strategies and political battles necessary to win...Shelf signal: Unions & Labor
Tyranny of the MinoritySteven Levitsky, Daniel ZiblattAnalysis of modern democratic institutions and inequalities that helps explain why large redistributive reforms face...Shelf signal: National Government
Poverty, by AmericaMatthew DesmondA data-driven account of how American policy and private choices produce persistent poverty, clarifying the...Shelf signal: Poverty & Homelessness
The DivideJason Hickel, Jonathan CowleyGlobal perspective on inequality that situates US wage debates within broader patterns of economic policy and global...Shelf signal: Social Class
When We Fight, We WinGreg Jobin-Leeds, AgitArteA concise account of contemporary social movements, including the origins and impact of the $15 campaign, useful for...Shelf signal: Activism & Social Justice