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Urban Affairs Review, Vol. 40, No. 2, 246-268 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404269538

Hunger Discipline and Social Parasites

The Political Economy of the Living Wage

Tony Robinson

University of Colorado at Denver

This article examines how New Deal commitments to a living wage were overturned by neoliberal market forces after the 1970s capital accumulation crisis. A period of urban financialization followed, characterized by a shift of urban fortunes away from labor and toward capital. Today’s living wage movement critiques the resulting economy in which top-tier success is linked to declining worker prospects. Advocates argue that businesses receiving government contracts or subsidies should pay a living wage that allows workers to support the average family in reasonable comfort. This article explores arguments for and against this movement, using Denver, Colorado, as a case study.

Key Words: living wage • political economy • fiscal restructuring • Denver, Colorado • tax increment financing (TIF) • growth subsidies


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