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What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong When He Claims Minimum Wage Hikes Don’t Cost Jobs

James Sherk • July 17, 2015

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote today about the relationship between minimum wage hikes and jobs. “There’s just no evidence that raising the minimum wage costs jobs, at least when the starting point is as low as it is in modern America,” he wrote.

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As a research fellow in labor economics at The Heritage Foundation, James Sherk researches ways to promote competition and mobility in the workforce rather than erect barriers that prevent workers from getting ahead. Read his research.

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