--- description: Here's a way to reduce crime, how hip-hop can bring Shakespeare to life and more. title: One Way to Reduce Crime: Raise Wages image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # One Way to Reduce Crime: Raise Wages by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Want to reduce crime? Raise wages.**](https://morningconsult.com/opinions/want-reduce-crime-raise-wages/ "undefined") By Rachel West and Rebecca Vallas at Morning Consult **2\.** [**How hip-hop can bring Shakespeare to life.**](https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/09/01/how-hip-hop-can-bring-shakespeare-to-life/ "undefined") By Holly Korbey at KQED’s MindShift **3\.** [**‘Vanity sizing’ has ruined shopping. Here are some ways to fix it.**](http://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/ "undefined") By Eliana Dockterman in Time **4\.** [**Need a great source for housing data? Try Craigslist.**](http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/08/for-quick-housing-data-hit-craigslist/497972/ "undefined") By Tanvi Misra in CityLab **5\.** [**Do we need new language for an increasingly multiracial America?**](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/08/25/455470334/all-mixed-up-what-do-we-call-people-of-multiple-backgrounds "undefined") By Leah Donnella at NPR’s Code Switch  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4477594/one-way-to-reduce-crime-raise-wages/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4477594/one-way-to-reduce-crime-raise-wages/"},"headline":"One Way to Reduce Crime: Raise Wages","datePublished":"2016-09-02T16:00:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:32.634Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4477594/one-way-to-reduce-crime-raise-wages/","keywords":["Innovation","Crime","Shopping","housing","language","Shakespeare"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4477594/one-way-to-reduce-crime-raise-wages/","name":"One Way to Reduce Crime: Raise Wages"}}]}] ```