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Overview
1
It Just Doesn't Add Up
2
A National Minimum Needs Budget
3
Shortchanging The Minimum Wage
4
Good Wages Are Good Business
5
$8 Minimum—Make It A Living
6
Policies That Make Ends Meet
7
Turning Point
Afterword
Appendix A
Background Tables
Appendix B
Minimum Needs Budget Methodology
Appendix C
Regional Variations in Minimum Needs Budgets: New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Des Moines, IA; Kansas City, MO; and Gadsden, AL
Appendix D
Summary of Successful Living Wage Campaigns
Appendix E
Methodology for Computing Minimum Wage Increase

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