Resurrecting America’s Minimum Wage
An Intellectual and Political History
The Unz Review • April 18, 2022 • 25,200 Words
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Contents

• Resurrecting America’s Minimum Wage
  An Intellectual and Political History
  The Unz Review • April 18, 2022 • 25,200 Words
  • The Fall and Revival of Our Minimum Wage Laws
  • Immigration, Poverty, and the Minimum Wage
  • Resurrecting the Minimum Wage as a Policy Proposal
  • Taking the Minimum Wage to Public Platforms
  • Transforming a Policy Idea into a Political Campaign
  • Using a California Campaign to Reshape the National Debate
  • Unifying Democrats and Splitting Republicans
  • Gaining Media Momentum and Additional Elite Supporters
  • A Personal Failure but a Political Triumph
• Immigration, Republicans, and the End of White America
  The American Conservative • September 19, 2011 • 12,200 Words
  • Republicans as the White Party
  • Non-Whites and Blacks
  • An Anti-Immigration Backlash
  • Our Population Ponzi Scheme
  • The Politics of Rich and Poor
  • Immigration and the Political Trap
  • Escaping the Low-Wage Society
  • The Political Balance Sheet
• Immigration: Liberal DC Pundit Denounces Minimum Wage on MSNBC
  September 26, 2011 • 700 Words
• Immigration: A Five-Part Analysis by National Review
  September 29, 2011 • 700 Words
• Immigration III: from Alex Cockburn to Steve Sailer, and Points Between
  October 4, 2011 • 800 Words
• J.K. Galbraith on Unz on Immigration
  January 9, 2012 • 500 Words
• Immigration: Could Romney Hike the Minimum Wage?
  January 12, 2012 • 700 Words
• Immigration: Politics and CNN/Fortune
  January 24, 2012 • 700 Words
• Minimum Wage: Bloomberg Editors Say “Let’s Make a Deal…”
  April 17, 2012 • 1,200 Words
• Raising American Wages…By Raising American Wages
  The New America Foundation • November 15, 2012 • 3,900 Words
• The Minimum Wage, Immigration, and Affirmative Action
  February 8, 2013 • 2,200 Words
• Undoing the Minimization of Wages in America
  February 26, 2013 • 1,500 Words
• A Minimum Wage Hike as Amnesty-Killer?
  March 18, 2013 • 1,800 Words
• No Immigration Amnesty Without a Minimum Wage Hike
  Salon • May 18, 2013 • 700 Words
• NR on TNR on Unz on Minimum Wage/Immigration
  July 1, 2013 • 1,700 Words
• Open Borders, American Elites, and the Minimum Wage
  Views change about massive immigration once both sides of the issue are heard
  The Unz Review • November 11, 2013 • 1,700 Words
• A $12 Minimum Wage: Transforming Policy Idea Into Political Reality
  The Unz Review • December 4, 2013 • 2,500 Words
• Raise the Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour
  The New York Times • December 5, 2013 • 600 Words
• Conservatives for More Welfare
  The Unz Review • December 30, 2013 • 1,000 Words
• How California Can Raise All Boats
  Lifting Our State Above Mississippi and Alabama
  The Los Angeles Times • January 5, 2014 • 900 Words
• Rightwingers for Higher Wages
  The Unz Review • January 9, 2014 • 1,800 Words
• The Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration
  The Unz Review • January 22, 2014 • 1,600 Words
• Higher Minimum Wage Would Help Immigrants, Taxpayers
  The San Jose Mercury News • February 2, 2014 • 600 Words
• Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t an “Anti-Immigrant” Idea
  The Unz Review • February 2, 2014 • 1,600 Words
• The Conservative Case for a Higher Minimum Wage
  Fox & Hounds • February 3, 2014 • 1,200 Words
• What’s Good for America Is Good for Wal-Mart, and Vice-Versa
  Raising the Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour
  Forbes • February 11, 2014 • 1,100 Words
• Should We Cut the Minimum Wage?
  The Unz Review • February 18, 2014 • 1,400 Words
• Walmart, Peter Thiel, the Weekly Standard, and Other Dog-Biters
  The Unz Review • February 26, 2014 • 1,300 Words
• A Moderate Democratic Billionaire and a Moderate Republican Billionaire
  The Unz Review • March 3, 2014 • 800 Words
• Understanding the CBO Analysis of a Minimum Wage Hike
  The Unz Review • March 10, 2014 • 1,600 Words
• Banquo’s Ghost as a Minimum Wage Initiative
  The Unz Review • March 18, 2014 • 700 Words
• Pelosi vs. Boehner on the Minimum Wage?
  The Unz Review • March 26, 2014 • 1,600 Words
• Raising the National Minimum Wage to (Almost) $12 Per Hour
  The Unz Review • April 4, 2014 • 1,100 Words
• The Huge Economic Productivity of Divine Monarchs
  The Unz Review • April 15, 2014 • 1,600 Words
• Romney, Santorum, and Pawlenty Endorse a Minimum Wage Hike—Do I See a Republican Trend?
  May 12, 2014 • 1,300 Words

Video and Audio Presentations

• Raising the Minimum Wage: A Different Approach to the Jobs Problem
  Ron Unz, Heidi Shierholz, Christine Owens, Nick Hanauer
  The Aspen Institute • March 20, 2013

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• Let Anyone Take a Job Anywhere
  Bryan Caplan, Vivek Wadhwa, Kathleen Newland, Ron Unz
  Intelligence Squared • October 30, 2013

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• Jobs, Investment, and Rebuilding America
  Allen Sinai, Michael Tomasky, Sherle Schwenninger, Ron Unz
  The New America Foundation/EPS • November 12, 2013

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• Living Wage Battle
  Thuy Vu, Ken Jacobs, Ron Unz
  KQED Newsroom • December 11, 2013

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• A Conservative Call for a Higher Minimum Wage
  Ron Unz vs. Tyler Cowen
  WBUR Boston/NPR • Tom Ashbrook • January 28, 2014

• Conservative Republican Calls for Higher Minimum Wage
  KUOW Seattle • Marcie Sillman • February 19, 2014

• The Conservative Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage
  WBUR Boston/NPR • Meghna Chakrabarti • March 17, 2014

• Push for Minimum Wage Increase for Hotel Workers
  Which Way L.A.?/KCRW • Warren Olney • February 19, 2014
  Curren Price Jr., Stuart Waldman, Ron Unz

• Is It Time to Increase the Minimum Wage?
  To the Point/KCRW • Warren Olney • February 24, 2014
  Steven Greenhouse, Clive Crook, Arun Ivatury, Ron Unz

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