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> Never. And I'm serious about this. You know that we have search engines, right? https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20180622.107025/full/ https://ww

• macspoofing 6y ago
  Let me summarize what you did here: 1) You had a conclusion in your mind that minimum wage is beneficial. 2) You googled with terms that match your conclusion. 3) You cherry-picked the studies that match your conclusion. 4) The studies all point to either mixed outcomes or minor effects - with no attempt to even establish a causal effects (some of those are downright silly. Like tying minimum wage policy to rising wages in a country that is going through 7-9% GDP growth) Do you honestly think that this is a way to argue? That you just shut-gun random links you cherry-picked? How about this, survey after survey of economists (and you can google those since apparently googling is all you need) show either a majority or plurality of economists oppose rising minimum wages and deep skepticism of its benefits. What are they missing? Or do you want to cherry-pick economists that support your conclusion like a climate change denier pointing to that small number of climate scientist that show some skepticism of climate change?
  • FabHK 6y ago
    The article is subheaded "Three decades of research have led to a rethink", and it is all about how economists largely do not oppose minimum wages anymore.