Audio Interviews: Minimum Wages and Jobs

Tags: U.S. Economy

04/16/2016 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

Recently on the Tom Woods Show, Tom Woods and I discussed the problem with using job growth as in indicator of economic progress. It’s worker productivity and wealth that are the real indicators. We largely discussed “Job Growth Doesn’t Mean We’re Getting Richer.“

And, on Thursday April 7, I was on KNUS in Denver at 6pm to discuss minimum wage laws. The plan right now is also to make this a monthly feature during which the hosts and I will get together to discuss various economic policies:

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