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Re:What harm do minimum wages do? by karpierz on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:08PM (#24218821)
What does "delivering on prosperity" mean? Is that GDP per capita? Life expectancy? Number of iOS apps produced?
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Re:What harm do minimum wages do? by WalterBright on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:14PM (#24218844)
A rough measure is GDP growth per capita.

Life expectancy was a good proxy in the 1800s because it improved dramatically, but now it has asymptotically approached a biological limit so is less useful. The same for average height.

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