Should We Stop Tipping?

Links from this week's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyjr7Fvpl74&t=365s (Why Tipping Is An American Custom | CNBC (YouTube)) https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-barber-tipping-racist-past-227361/ (The Racist History of Tipping | Politico) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/12/16/fact-check-tipping-kept-wages-low-formerly-enslaved-black-workers/3896620001/ (Fact check: Tipping began amid slavery, then helped keep former Black slaves' wages low | USA Today) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/travel/ipad-tipping-gratuity.html (Counter Service Tipping: Who Gives? | New York Times) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tipping-jobs-history-slave-wage-cbsn-originals-documentary/ (The disturbing history of tipping in the U.S.: "It's literally a slave wage" | CBS News) https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/30/457125740/when-tipping-was-considered-deeply-un-american (When Tipping Was Considered Deeply Un-American | NPR) https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/ ('It's the Legacy of Slavery': Here's the Troubling History Behind Tipping Practices in the U.S. | Time) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped (Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees | U.S. Department of Labor) https://s2.q4cdn.com/437609071/files/doc_news/research/2020/financial-etiquette-survey.pdf (Financial Etiquette Survey: Exploring Americans’ attitudes on tipping and splitting restaurant bills | TD Ameritrade ) https://theharrispoll.com/the-ugly-truth-about-tipping-waitstaff-during-covid-19/ (The Ugly Truth About Tipping Waitstaff During Covid-19 | The Harris Poll) https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/financial-planning/how-much-to-tip-your-uber-or-lyft-driver/ (How Much to Tip Your Uber or Lyft Driver | GOBankingRates ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Vo5c3PXfQ (only tipping when an employee is looking - Trevor Wallace (YouTube))