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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
Edmund Phelps
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Edmund Phelps
American
Economist
Born:
Jul 26
,
1933
Topics
Statistical
,
Minimum
,
Minimum Wage
,
About
,
Studies
,
Over
,
Wage
,
Lot
,
Raising
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