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460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight

Freakonomics Radio

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Minimum Wage - Is It a Good Idea?

There is disappointingly little evidence either way on that question. If it forecloses a young person getting a job that has longer run adverse implications for what we call the human capital accumulation i be two huge contributors to wage growth. Senator Cory Booker's point is that poverty exists on many dimensions, and even a fifteen dollar minimum wage won't fix everything....

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