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How Not to Argue against the Minimum Wage

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Tags Bureaucracy and RegulationLabor and Wages

02/15/2021Bradley Thomas

There are plenty of sound reasons to oppose government minimum wage laws, but there is one objection making the rounds that is based on bad economics and should be avoided, and that’s the "businesses will pass on the costs to consumers" objection.

Original Article: "How Not to Argue against the Minimum Wage"

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Bradley Thomas

Bradley Thomas is creator of the website EraseTheState.com, and is a libertarian activist and writer with nearly fifteen years of experience researching and writing on political philosophy and economics.