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The sordid history of mininum wages

Rodney Hide
Wed, 11 Jul 2018

GUEST OPINION

We have been told for years and years the unintended consequence of the minimum wage is fewer jobs for the unskilled and less fortunate. The implication is that the law’s proponents are well meaning but misguided.

But it turns out that’s wrong. The result is not unintended.

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Rodney Hide
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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