03.19.2012 Policy Points

Minimum Wage Is “Too Damn Low”

A new issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research points out that by a variety of measures –inflation, wage growth, and productivity increases — the minimum wage of $7.25 is “too damn low” relative to 1968, the year in which the minimum wage had its peak value.

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