Drewing, Horton, Abridge Study the Effects of Increasing Minimum Wage

In this podcast, Shetasia Akridge, Lauren Drewing, and Christina Horton express their views and findings on the possibility or option of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Their main focus is on how small businesses, including the employers and the employees, will be negatively affected. They interviewed Raymond Good, a local small business owner, about his personal perspective on the issues concerning the minimum wage and how his company could be affected by it. Overall, these group members learned that raising the minimum wage could have more negative results for employees of small businesses that are in a field with less profit and benefit from using automated equipment. This topic shows that the factors that they thought would be a simple adjustment are more complicated and daunting than they could ever imagine. 

Resources:  http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
http://www.nsba.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Minimum-Wage.pdf
Articles:  http://manufacturingnews.com/news/10/0112/GM.html 
ohiolmi.com/ces/lmr.html
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/05/10/raising-the-minimum-wage-will-harm-economic-growth 

Melonie and Jake Look at Raising the Minimum Wage Above $10 Per Hour

In this podcast, Jake and Melonie investigate how raising the federal minimum wage above $10 would affect small business, their employees, and the Dayton area. While investigating, Jake and Melonie interview Dan Young, the owner Young's Dairy in Yellow Springs. Although they expected their results, Jake and Melonie realized how complex this issue really can be. 

Resources:  https://www.sba.gov/content/understanding-small-business-activity-state-level-0
https://www.sba.gov/category/advocacy-navigation-structure/frequently-asked-questions-about-small-business-finance
http://ohiolmi.com/laus/ColorRateMap.pdf
http://www.patchworknation.org/bankruptcies-per-1000-people,-2010_44
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/98-percent-of-ohio-businesses-are-small-businesses/njHQ4/ 

Ben, Connor, and Keshawn look at Raising Minimum Wage to $15 in Dayton and the Effect on Unemployment Rate.

The following is a podcast that covers the topic of raising the minimum wage to $15. We researched the following topic using these websites: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/economy/brown-wants-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-but-doubts/npKmL/ and https://mises.org/library/yes-minimum-wages-still-increase-unemployment. To get thorough research and a good point of view on this topic, we interviewed a local dentists who owns his own dentistry. 

Research: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140403.htm
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat44.htm

Articles:  http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/economy/brown-wants-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-but-doubts/npKmL/ 

https://mises.org/library/yes-minimum-wages-still-increase-unemployment

Kameryn Looks at Raising Minimum Wage in Dayton

In this podcast, Kameryn talks the minimum wage and how a change would affect the Dayton area. He does this by interviewing Ray Wilcoxson, a Dayton small construction business owner, in the local area. Kameryn gets more insight on how minimum wages really affect a small business owner in this economy and gets some great information from it. Kameryn ends up learning a lot from this experience.

Resources: http://ohiolmi.com/ces/lmr.htm
http://www.dol.gov/minwage/mythbuster.htm
http://money.cnn.com/interactive/economy/minimum-wage-since-1938/
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/08/156458470/raising-minimum-wage-a-help-or-harm

Orlando and Johnson look at Raising Minimum Wage to $15 in Dayton

In this podcast, Orlando and Alan discuss raising the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour, as well as interview two custodial staff at DRSS and then discuss their point of view.

Research Link:  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44995

News Articles: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/18/3303201/cbo-minimum-wage/ 
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/upshot/what-a-15-minimum-wage-would-mean-for-your-city.html?_r=2