Minimum wage and justice?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-62

  Levin Waldman, Oren M ^a  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American liberal tradition; Common project; Justice; Liberalism; Minimum wage; Mutuality; Self sufficiency; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009888285     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003467600363101     Document Type: Article

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