Minimum wage laws hurt workers

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 2:10pm | posted by Jason Pye

In a great new video from Learn Liberty, Professor Antony Davies explains that, while minimum wage laws are passed with the best intentions, it generally hurts those that it’s intended to help because it forces employers to either cut hours or staff, leaving only the more productive workers with a job:

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