Harold Meyerson (b XXXXXXXXXXwrites a weekly opinion column for the Washington Post and contributes to its PostPartisan blog. He also serves as executive editor of the progressive magazine, The...

Harold Meyerson (b. 1950) writes a weekly opinion column for the Washington Post and contributes to its PostPartisan blog. He also serves as executive editor of the progressive magazine, The American Prospect, in which his proposal “How to Raise Americans’ Wages” first appeared in 2015. A senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Meyerson oen writes about politics, labor, and economics for major publications like the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and the New York Times. He has also hosted a weekly radio show and written a biography of The Wizard of Oz lyricist Yip Harburg.

Before you read, think about why Meyerson opens his proposal as if it were a fairy tale, with the conventional “once upon a time” beginning.

As you read, notice that Meyerson’s proposal offers several different but related solutions to the problem. Consider how each solution would help to raise wages for American workers.