Summary: This spotlight details the racist history of tipping, federal and state policy governing tipped work, and the experience of tipped workers in the economy—both nationwide and in the South. Across the country, tipped workers are more likely to be people of color, women, women of color, or single parents, and are disproportionately born outside…
    • @ccunning@lemmy.world
      27•15 days ago

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      The American Institute for Economic Research(AIER) is a libertarian think tank located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1933 by Edward C. Harwood, an economist and investment advisor, and is a [501©(3)] nonprofit. Since January 2022, the organization’s president has been William P. Ruger.

      It has promoted climate change denial and was known for the Great Barrington Declaration and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.