Miscellaneous
3/1/2021 - Back from a short hiatus to talk about the never ending minimum wage debate. I wade through several articles about the minimum wage to try and give an informed breakdown of the situation. We talk about the general left wing argument in favor of the view from Blooberg Businessweek and Noah Smith. Then we go into the main arguments against it: the CBO's projection on job loss, what demographics are losing the most jobs, the Kroger layoffs from earlier this year, restaurants/server's wages, automation, inflation, and the basic right to freely associate with other people. This is a long one and I apologize for any and all stuttering, repeating myself, and shuffling papers. *** Twitter @TheObeyPodcast @MatthewTKeck Also, check out "Beyond Talking Points"! Two people with very different political ideologies talk policy and philosophy!