<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:16:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/minimumwage/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[minimum wage should be enough for people to live comfortably; ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good day, amazing people of the Hive blockchain. Welcome back to my blog. It is another edition in the #hivelearners community. I am so delighted to participate in this week's prompt topic, minimum wage.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cindynancy/minimum-wage-should-be-enough-for-people-to-live-comfortably--ddr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cindynancy/minimum-wage-should-be-enough-for-people-to-live-comfortably--ddr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cindynancy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:33:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHE2XodupXMdWiLSsimuaJfdYrkUuNkDHBry6uL3wvoNVcGjLXobNLBkMDzssMLh3xgYhu8SKiv5VrjpUTEKVR8BJVBmwusSTYxN24g96Ut4Ls6kMRPU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation And High Cost Of Living A Worry For Good Mental Health ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my country Nigeria 🇳🇬, the conversation should not be on the current minimum wage recently declared and increased now to = N= 77,000.00 by the present government, but of what benefit can this increment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sunshine29/inflation-and-high-cost-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@sunshine29/inflation-and-high-cost-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sunshine29]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCCBfRQP1c6GPX2VRDwHvjn9N716U41wwQMZs4N1SzUAdokhzSqqkgXZ6qKGFryDgWkf2KXo9ErFSEuKqUkBDQm9J443W1eRAmGUcU9nyZD3qaGUVMPAyWn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Economy Affects the Value of the Minimum Wage]]></title><description><![CDATA[My country in Nigeria the minimum wage is very low compared to the economy of the country. Within my own knowledge, I expect that minimum wage should be the average amount of money, between the poor and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mayor-001/the-economy-affects-the-value</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@mayor-001/the-economy-affects-the-value</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mayor-001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLXzoNfSC3UgGpVuHFdhXsjZGMMJNZmMi7hZXu2TtrTR5eqZNgbz5qXoS7i4hgPn6ccqyjSqJgZeTyicTp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minimum wage and the least paid workers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello beautiful people in this amazing community. We are currently in week 211 episode 1, which talks about minimum wage in different countries. I have noticed that some countries take very good care of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@adaezeinchrist/minimum-wage-and-the-least</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@adaezeinchrist/minimum-wage-and-the-least</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adaezeinchrist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:28:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpsAGsFUBssWRmA1kcrweShPMYxhSeS6KP5WgcxTtvFvAfbwojf5s4LpzJEMugpFqbExfZXxEf3hfeu5xpzZ8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minimum Wage Hike This Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[source March sees the introduction of the new minimum wage increase by 5% which may sound like a good idea on paper, but in reality not so good. The clueless government stated that they hope to uplift]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/minimum-wage-hike-this-month-8pj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/minimum-wage-hike-this-month-8pj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUGcKKgBjw8RFoJnVNgyEPs82ueM4F1h8zPEzdBfyy5ez3TozT2tCf4drNb5rDDqF9F96EwQpVJxzdMVEtpS5gJEWQLeioT4tW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Earn $540 A Month to Survive in A “Metropolitan” Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m a 30-year-old salary woman, living in a so-called metropolitan city of a tropical country that is planning to move its capital. 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Nearly 6 years ago when Covid hit, a friend of mine]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths-t6p7qg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths-t6p7qg</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvrWqiEHSb9gSymcHekSwgiegSh4SVjvboyh7vPeMWB2htUWcC3pUxJLQmE2JtSxqMyEqYhJ2QHcS9QSnKBb2DK9pq998zU2cYiGNdrYNatzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising the minimum wage only hurts employment.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If raising the minimum wage made everyone rich, then why not raise it to $1,000,000 per hour and make everyone millionaires? It's because raising the wage does not raise productivity. You need greater]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thepholosopher/raising-the-minimum-wage-only</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thepholosopher/raising-the-minimum-wage-only</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thepholosopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 01:04:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zq3q22TkzhYShnACAJACXNuKkSXXNBLbh5kZzmJh9XfaCv1a9w25MwM94GFot63KnM9WB4PMSZV3rR4W9dzu1p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Antony Davies -- four-minute explanation of why a $15 minimum wage will hurt the very people it is meant to help]]></title><description><![CDATA[@@ -704,45 +704,8 @@ here -%5D( for @@ -745,16 +745,53 @@ entation +%5D( .%0A%0AIn th @@ -1059,28 +1059,144 @@ ch?v=trostparadox/zbewydzy)%0A +%0A%0A%0A---%0A%0A%3Ccenter%3E%3Csub%3EPosted via]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@huz174/zbewydzy-1729682487193</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@huz174/zbewydzy-1729682487193</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[huz174]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:21:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Antony Davies -- four-minute explanation of why a $15 minimum wage will hurt the very people it is meant to help]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Antony Davies gave a 45-minute presentation to the Free Enterprise Society at Oklahoma State University on April 12, 2021, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. 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You can find details about the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@huz213/zbewydzy-1729674924687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@huz213/zbewydzy-1729674924687</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[huz213]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:15:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDnPi7unoyebf82PrctVf3ygNzCmTovq31g9MeBssnh9nqe5ody8MQ9qnQGqWdWEGERDny4zbQJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is not coming to save us]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nigerians have not failed to marvel at the recent happenings and developments going on in the country, one cannot help but wonder if truly there is any glimpse of light at the end of this tunnel that we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@iskafan/the-government-is-not-coming-to-save-us-f9a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@iskafan/the-government-is-not-coming-to-save-us-f9a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskafan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VtRGCKegCSWBUzQhFBgY2m2PLEmDnP49wAzayNh8uPFrXa8nRsaeXWje7rMWDHc44QhQn4xEzth6TaN1sBFxDx7FbJLXNbrRVqsYQCJYHHHaE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[46$ As New Minimum Wage | Are We Not In Soup]]></title><description><![CDATA[image It was really a laughing matter when I heard the news that our dear president finally accepted to increase the minimum wage from 33,000 naira (22$) to 70,000 naira which is roughly 46$ as at now]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nigeria/@valchiz/46usd-as-new-minimum-wage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nigeria/@valchiz/46usd-as-new-minimum-wage</guid><category><![CDATA[nigeria]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[valchiz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3R2ZvFJsMao7vxJrCYMSk7esUtV9pRdoSkAEEf2FfjndacSZ7UuMcezFfyjZw94aNT3pfDUy42EQGVNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling the Pinch: Is Nigeria's Minimum Wage Enough for the Common Man?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog ! source It is true that inflation, that much dreaded factor, has spread all over the world and is affecting everybody in some way or form. 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I'm from Nigeria]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@etorobong/the-minimum-wage-debate-balancing-salaries-and-inflation-in-my-country-k9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@etorobong/the-minimum-wage-debate-balancing-salaries-and-inflation-in-my-country-k9</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etorobong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4FqPgqvM86wiyQwJKZz36MV6h3Jbn4PHQFcKX7LujXpMCtfd8TV6ojpUk8naRiXf87kEkdd7EoMTpxHDW1ZVcnP9v94Pcsfa7Z77YKkhbw38dWbjPc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Laborers/Workers Day: Some fact you need to know about laborer day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor Day is also known as International Workers’ Day and May Day. It’s a public holiday in many countries worldwide. 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