The difference between living wage and minimum wage

1,659 views · Published 9 December 2013 · 0:53 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: Washington Week PBS · 2013 · News & Politics

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As thousands of fast food workers protested for higher wages, Washington Post economics reporter Michael Fletcher expained the difference between minimum wage and living wage.  "Think about the key things in our economy, the key things that someone has to do raising a family -- education, health care -- these are the things that have gone up most in price," Fletcher said on Washington Week. "Meanwhile, wages have been flat over the last 12, 13 years."

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