A 'wage augmentation jar' at checkout—where shoppers could voluntarily add money to an employee's pay—would likely fail because, although some employees would accept the money, people find it deeply insulting to be treated as exploited, and the people most vocally concerned about workers would not actually contribute.

forecastpending

Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

the jar of that kind of the the local health food store it is usually empty

Source

Charles Platt on Working at Wal-Mart 06/15/2009EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:17:26 AM

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