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kelpforestdweller said:

why would a higher minimum wage harm workers

See my post here about the study from Seattle: basically, businesses responded by cutting positions and cutting hours, so the average low-income worker brought home $125 less per paycheck. 

  • 7 July 2017
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  1. objectivistnerd reblogged this from thefutureoneandall
  2. thefutureoneandall reblogged this from sigmaleph and added:
    I agree @sigmaleph​, and I think I know where the confusion comes from.There’s a basic assumption that people sell their...
  3. notebookundermydesk reblogged this from blazinghand
  4. smoking-goat said: Assumption that $125/month is not worth working two jobs instead of three, or working 40 hours instead of 50…. Because that’s what happened in my area, and people love it.
  5. repost-this-image reblogged this from sigmaleph
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  7. blazinghand reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    It’s generally expected by economists that there is some level of minimum wage that would be high enough to cause more...
  8. philippesaner reblogged this from theunitofcaring and added:
    That’s just one study, though. The literature in general paints a decidedly mixed picture.
  9. compassionisobligatory reblogged this from sigmaleph and added:
    Yeah, sounds like it’s time for an ethnograph on minimum wage Seattle workers! Who benefits, who is harmed, how. I need...
  10. sigmaleph reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    I could be reading you wrong but it seems that the assumptions that go into saying the trade is better are exactly...
  11. dataandphilosophy reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    To walk back my endorsement somewhat.$11: Basically no effect on total payroll, which probably means people worked...
  12. kelpforestdweller said: thanks
  13. theunitofcaring posted this