Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Minimum Wage Arguments

Cardiff Garcia does the heavy lifting on what may be the most comprehensive linkfest of viewpoints I've ever seen. I actually started giggling there are so many links.
It was a manly giggle.

From FT Alphaville:

Should the US raise the minimum wage? (That’s not a hook. We actually don’t know.)
You can’t turn a virtual corner this week without tripping over a discussion about the US minimum wage.

The case in favour of raising it has been made by Arindrajit Dube, Paul Krugman, Ed Luce, and Kevin Drum. Arguing against have been Tyler Cowen, Scott Winship, and Adam Ozimek.
...MUCH, MUCH MORE