Minimum Wage

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Interventionism

07/25/2023 Mark Thornton

There is no clear basis in economics, ethics, efficiency, or fairness for Minimum Wage Laws. The minimum wage works the way it was intended one hundred years ago.

Download lecture slides at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_16.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 July 2023.

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