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Re:America has never gone this long without hiking the feder... by rchaud on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:34PM (#20225912)
Can you link to some of this research? I'd like to see the experimental conditions where a no minimum wage system exists harmoniously with a rising gas prices, tuition costs, housing and food costs.
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Re:America has never gone this long without hiking the feder... by mortehu on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:55PM (#20226177)
Although it's not an experimental condition, the Nordic countries have no minimum wage.
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Re:America has never gone this long without hiking the feder... by rchaud on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:06PM (#20226313)
They can do that because unions are part of the labour market structure, and can do collective bargaining directly with the employers, instead of leaving the government to impose a one-size fits all minimum wage [0].

https://www.fastcompany.com/3052798/can-fast-food-work-ever-...

That to me is the right way to approach this (advocate for workers' interests, but leave the government out of it), but if that was ever considered in the US, a good chunk of the HN readership would go apoplectic and beg for the state to intervene.

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Re:America has never gone this long without hiking the feder... by gojomo on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @05:33PM (#20227580)
See sibling reply at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20227574
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