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...minimal standard for a living wage. In fact, studies on the local cost of living show just how minimal it is. According to the National Low-Income Housing Commission, a wage of roughly $15 per hour is needed to live in the Boston area. Wider Opportunities for Women also found that in 1997, a living wage for families of varying composition would range from $11 to $18 per hour...
These findings have been borne out by our experience talking to workers: We have not found a Harvard employee who earns less than $10 per hour and who can afford to live in Cambridge...
...experience talking with workers, we have found that most underpaid employees receive no benefits at all; their hourly wage of less than $10 per hour is their "total compensation." In light of this, the administration's emphasis on benefits is misleading...
...SHOP AROUND. Like everything else on the Internet, Rx prices vary wildly. A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine warns of the dangers of getting fleeced; Viagra and Propecia prices, it found, are around 10% higher online than in a brick-and-mortar pharmacy. Note too that the average online "consultation" is $70, and the average shipping cost $18. Is it really worth the convenience...
...want to be a prime minister in Pakistan? Just-deposed premier Nawaz Sharif found himself in the Big House Monday, facing charges of kidnapping and attempted murder - and there's a warrant out for his predecessor, too. Benazir Bhutto, however, is relatively safe, living in exile in London. But don't forget her father, the previous civilian prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1977. In an exclusive courtroom interview with TIME during his Friday appearance, Nawaz indicated he had no idea of the charges against him. When the judge read the indictment, the clearly disoriented ex-prime...