Commentary

The “Equal Pay for Equal Work” Myth

By Troy Senik
Thursday, April 10 2014

I probably don’t have to tell you, dear reader, that Tuesday was “Equal Pay Day.” I assume that you gathered with your friends and family to commemorate the fundamental injustice of America, a nation where, as I’m sure you heard ad nauseam this week, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Perhaps you even saw the President of the United States ostentatiously signing an executive order that doesn't actually address inequities in pay, but does the next best thing — collects data on the trend. If the whole narrative smells a little fishy to you, there’s…

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