Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Minimum wage

Obama set out a plan to raise minimum wage, which is lower in the US than almost any other OECD country. Liberals argue that doing so would increase the spending power of the poor and boost the economy. Conservatives claim that it would cost low skill workers their jobs. Neither is quite right.

Raising the minimum wage: Trickle-up economics

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