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Re:The real problem with the economy is that it doesn't need... by gort on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @04:38AM (#836562)
Unemployment existed before those; and whether minimum wages increase unemployment should be open to empirical study - anyone got any data?
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Re:The real problem with the economy is that it doesn't need... by gloob on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @11:44AM (#837203)
Empirical study is a tad tricky in a field where experimentation would probably be considered wildly unethical and you wouldn't be able to set up a control anyway.
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Re:The real problem with the economy is that it doesn't need... by gort on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @02:44PM (#837620)
While presence of controls is admirable, it's still reasonable to simply look at countries that implemented a minimum wage and ask, what happened to the unemployment rate?
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Re:The real problem with the economy is that it doesn't need... by netsp on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @08:23PM (#838324)
At the very least one would note that the effects don't seem to be predictable via the basic supply & demand theories.
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