Minimum Wage, Balancing Hobbies, Live or Survive

Minimum Wage, Balancing Hobbies, Live or Survive

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 115

  • Jun 3, 2015 1:00 pm
  • 2:13:17 mins

Minimum Wage (12:08) Carry Wasden Professor of finance and economics at BYU-Hawaii. Carry Wasden received as Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University. Los Angeles, California lawmakers voted to raise the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour by the year 2020. What type of impact will this have for employees, small companies, and the cost of living? Today Mr. Wasden discusses the impact of the minimum wage on the economy.  Coaching Corner: Balancing Hobbies (58:58) Dr. Matt Townsend shares some thoughts on balancing hobbies in you or your spouse's life. Sometimes people get motivated by an activity or hobby and it will take time away from the family or a marriage relationship. Dr. Townsend with tips on how to find a better way.  Tren's "Live or Survive" (1:20:16) The Band Tren comprised of Taylor Miranda, Richard Williams, Eliza Smith, and Nate Young sing the song "Live or Survive" which was written with a goal to play at the end credits of the last Hunger Games movie.. The idea is that there comes a time when we must either fight for a chance at really "living life" or give in to circumstance and simply "survive." Band members join Dr. Townsend to talk about their motivations behind the song.

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