Progressivism’s Failures: From Minimum Wages to the Welfare State
The empirical evidence shows that neither minimum wages or welfare reduce poverty. In fact, minimum wages tend to increase the cost of living while poverty rates have gone nowhere since the Great Society was introduced.
Original Article: “Progressivism’s Failures: From Minimum Wages to the Welfare State“
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