Don't Raise the Minimum Wage

Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage

Tags: Interventionism, Production Theory, Legal System

01/29/2014 Mark Thornton

Interviewed by host Thom Hartmann, Mark Thornton explains why the minimum wage actually hurts the workers it is supposed to help.

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