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!

TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/03/56-the-minimum-wage-debate-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/

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Vocabulary List

Legally (adv) - as stated by the law

Children under 16 are not legally allowed to buy cigarettes in the UK

Poverty (n) - the condition of being extremely poor

Two million people in that city live in poverty

Entitle (v) - to give someone the right to do or have something

Being unemployed entitles you to government support

To spur (v) - to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

A huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region

Necessity (n) - something that you need, especially in order to live

Eating is a biological necessity

Devastating (adj) - causing a lot of damage or destruction

The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally destroyed

Market (n) - the business or activity of buying and selling a particular product or service

Many companies are waiting to enter the Chinese market!

To exploit (v) - to use someone or something unfairly for your own advantage

Laws exist to stop companies exploiting their employees

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