Given the recent economic crises, many economists have spoken out about the unstable and potentially unsustainable nature of capital distribution (i.e., the polarization of income). Because the primary factors of production are land, labor, and capital, the relationship between laborers and capital distribution is critical to the stability of a financial ecosystem.

support or opposeformer President Obama's initiative to raise the U.S. minimum wage to $10.10 at the federal level.

What is the current position on minimum wage? Note this is not intended to be political but rather a conclusion should be rooted in economic ideas such as unemployment rates, productivity, labor market demand, economic profit, and long-term economic sustainability.