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Re:What harm do minimum wages do? by hirundo on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:30PM (#24214160)
> Labour is absolutely a free market.

In what sense is a market with price controls absolutely a free market?

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Re:What harm do minimum wages do? by missedthecue on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:39PM (#24214303)
You're right that price controls obfuscate the mechanism on which pricing signals work, but it's not central planning.
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