{"article":{"id":272843,"heading":"Economists for $15 minimum wage","author":"Mary King, Marty Hart-Landesberg and R Hahnel","created":"2015-08-26 12:00:59","modified":"2015-08-26 12:00:59","last_modified":"Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:00:59","article":"

to read the 4-page statement by Mary King, Professor Emerita at Portland State University, click on

http:\/\/www.15nowpdx.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-King_15-Press-Conference.pdf<\/a>

to hear the press conference with Mary King, Marty Hart-Landsberg and Robin Hahnel, click on

http:\/\/kboo.fm\/economistsfor15minimumwage<\/a>

Oregon Economists Support $15 Minimum Wage

August 18, 2015 15NowPDX\t

No one who works should live in poverty, and we know that anything less than $15 isn’t enough for working people in Oregon to afford the basic necessities without having to rely on public assistance. This is why we have been fighting for $15 here in Portland, and in the State of Oregon for the last year and half.

The movement for $15 has gone from fast food workers, to cities, to the state level, and is now raging all across the country. Recently, over 200 economists signed onto a letter of support for a federal $15 minimum wage, and 10 of those economists live and work right here in the State of Oregon. Today three of those economists – Drs. Mary King, Marty Hart-Landsberg, and Robin Hahnel – held a press conference at Portland State University to talk about why they support $15 not only nationally, but also as the statewide minimum wage here in Oregon.

Click Here is read Dr. Mary King’s full statement.

Click Here to listen to the full press conference on KBOO’s podcast.<\/p>\n","contact":"marc1seed@yahoo.com","link":"www.freembtranslations.net","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Wages in the US have been stagnant for 35 years. Milton Friedman and conservative trickle-down neoliberal economists have long dominated mainstream economics. Productivity and profits have soared while investments and wages have been stagnant.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2015\/08\/272843.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}