Towards a Living Wage

Towards a Living Wage – What will it take? Where are we at?

Anne-Marie Coury

Economists continue to talk up the value of the Living Wage as an effective intervention that will ease the pressure of rising inequalities on families and communities. Thomas Piketty and Max Rushbrooke have both written books providing the analysis of the hard data and then there’s marketplace support from employers who have walked the talk and implemented the Living Wage.