For a tech-focused discussion, it's interesting (and incorrect) to focus on labor vs. the outputs of labor: productivity. Productivity has outpaced the minimum

For a tech-focused discussion, it's interesting (and incorrect) to focus on labor vs. the outputs of labor: productivity. Productivity has outpaced the minimum wage over the last few decades, thanks to technology and other advances. As someone else said in response, the first chapter of a HS economics textbook is not sufficient to explain the modern economy.