Episode 38: Economist Arindrajit Dube joins Dean Baker to discuss his book The Wage Standard, examining why the federal minimum wage has stagnated for over a generation, how outsourcing reshaped worker pay, and why sectoral wage standards may be the key to rebuilding middle-class wages.

About Arindrajit Dube

Dube received his B.A. in Economics and M.A. in Development Policy from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He has previously held positions of Visiting Professor at the MIT Department of Economics and Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He is a research associate at the NBER, a research fellow at IZA, and a research affiliate of the MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work.

Purchase: The Wage Standard