22 States Hiked the Minimum Wage. Now What?

22 States Hiked the Minimum Wage. Now What?

The federally mandated minimum wage hasn’t gone up since 2009, but across the country states, counties, and cities are raising their minimum wage. Is this long overdue help for America’s poor, or merely a low-risk political win?


Guest: David Neumark, labor economist and professor at University of California-Irvine


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