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minimum wages

“Adjusting minimum wages for inflation is a necessary yet modest step toward protecting affordability for low-wage workers: The case of California’s Fast-Food Council,” Economic Policy Institute Modern labor markets—particularly those…

How To Debate Paul Krugman

…make believe, and straw man stuffing. He then hints that we should go back to the gold standard and totally unfettered free markets. Schlichter lists Krugman’s alleged assumptions, condensed here:…

Spare Us From the Invisible Hand

…the indelible image of markets producing desirable social outcomes through the work of an “invisible hand.” ’ Comment In an otherwise neat argument for both liberty and free markets, Patrick…

…during his administration. Thirty-eight markets enjoyed their strongest growth under Clinton, and nine reached their peak under George H.W. Bush. No markets did best under the current administration. The flip…