Intro to Political Economy Final Economics Term Paper

In the minimum, you should use at least 4 sources (Wikipedia, or random pages and blogs on the internet do not count!). You should also reference any sources, no instance of plagiarism is tolerable.
I chose questions related to contemporary discussions, so you should be able to find many newspaper articles, but of course you can always use books, journal articles or even documentaries.
Topic: Wages in the US: Have "real" wages increased during the last 30 years? what is the difference in wages according to gender and race? what is an acceptable minimum wage in the US?
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