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Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
Published on Feb 4, 2014
In which John discusses the minimum wage, and whether raising the minimum wage would negatively affect employment in the United States.
Thanks to Rosianna for graphics and research help: http://www.youtube.com/missxrojas
About Card and Kreuger's famous study of New Jersey and Pennsylvania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_...
Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment? http://www.cepr.net/documents/publica...
Do higher minimum wages reduce poverty? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/w...
A Washington Post overview of the minimum wage debate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/t...