Capital and Labor Both Suffer under Minimum Wage Mandates

Tags: Bureaucracy and Regulation

03/13/2021 Mihai Macovei

Rising unemployment is just one outcome of minimum wage mandates. Capital accumulation and labor productivity will also be hurt.

Original Article: “Capital and Labor Both Suffer under Minimum Wage Mandates“

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