In the United States it is illegal for employers to pay full-time workers less than the national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. However, in the United States it is legal for temporary or short-term workers to work for free: we call it an unpaid internship.

1. Why do college students very often accept these unpaid internships when they could

get a minimum-wage job instead?

2. Do you expect working conditions (pace of work, length of lunch breaks, availability of

employee discounts, etc.) to be better for unpaid interns or for paid workers with the

same skill set? Why?