56. The Minimum Wage Debate: Explained! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>What is the lowest wage a company should be able to pay someone? This is not an easy question to answer. Higher wages might help workers but hurt companies, while low wages will hurt those workers but help the businesses. Should we have a minimum wage, and if so, what should that minimum wage be? This episode of Thinking in English will look at the history of minimum wages, and then investigate a few arguments for and against higher minimum wages!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/03/56-the-minimum-wage-debate-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/03/56-the-minimum-wage-debate-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>Most Expensive Cities Episode -- http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT US!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></p> <p><strong>Legally (adv) - as stated by the law</strong></p> <p><em>Children under 16 are not legally allowed to buy cigarettes in the UK</em></p> <p><strong>Poverty (n) - the condition of being extremely poor</strong></p> <p><em>Two million people in that city live in poverty</em></p> <p><strong>Entitle (v)