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The article that I choose to evaluate is Mandatory Tipping. The author’s states that "Some economist have argued that tipping is economically inefficient, and suggested that mandatory gratuity might solve some of this issue." However fails to support this with a source, and does not provide any reasoning for this point of view.

When I tried clicking on the link to the second source, the page could not be found.

The author mentions the some bars in New Your implemented gratuities. This left me wondering why? There are many reasons why businesses decide on a gratuity added on the bill rather than a tradition tip. The article fails to mention any of these reasons. The article also mentions that sometimes failure to pay a gratuity on bill has led to some arrests, but charges were dropped. I wondered if this is always the case and why charges were dropped.

There is also a lot of information left out. The article goes into detail on a few tipping customs from around the world. It says that while tipping is usually inappropriate in China, in Hong Kong and Macau it is acceptable. The source used for this article does not specifically mention these two places. I was left wondering about some other countries. The links to sources six and seven list tipping customs in other countries that the author does not mention.

The article later changes focus on Labour Laws in Canada. The article fails to mention minimum wage laws in other countries.

A search on the library database lead me to some articles that would help.

Gill, A. (2018). An economic and pedagogical defense of gratuities. Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(1), 79-102. Retrieved from http://abingtonlibrary.asub.edu:2048/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.abingtonlibrary.asub.edu/docview/2043223593?accountid=41455

Anthony Gill argues that the practice of tipping is a good economic practice. According to Gill, tipping allows the customer to have control in the service they receive and allows a restaurant to provide food at a lower cost, compared to higher prices to compensate for the staff’s higher pay

Paarlberg, M., & Reyes, T. (2018). Paying tipped workers better wouldn’t lead to fewer restaurant jobs: Our research found that raising the minimum wage in new york state didn't hurt workers there at all. Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. Retrieved from http://abingtonlibrary.asub.edu:2048/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.abingtonlibrary.asub.edu/docview/1988008472?accountid=41455

According to the article paying tipped employees a higher wage doesn't cut jobs.

State-by-state minimum wage for tipped employees. (2019). Crain's Cleveland Business, 40(30), 12. Retrieved from http://abingtonlibrary.asub.edu:2048/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.abingtonlibrary.asub.edu/docview/2267459257?accountid=414554

The article is a list of each state's tipped minimum wage.