All Posts Tagged With: "below-minimum wages"
At the Intersection of the Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration
Howard Baetjer is a lecturer in economics at Towson University. This question from a former student named Blake addresses the interaction of two hot political issues: “I remember in class that raising minimum wage is a bad thing to do. My question to you is, since illegal immigrants don’t get paid minimum wage most of [...]
1Mar2007 | Howard Baetjer Jr. | 6 comments | Continued-
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