Macroeconomic Monitor

2017.09.06

Why are workers in the US against raising the minimum wage?

raising the minimum wage

By John McDermott, MEL Magazine A few weeks ago, researchers at the University of Washington published a new study that found Seattle’s attempts to improve the economic prospects of the city’s working class have backfired. Seattle is one of many U.S. cities that are gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in …

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