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The real minimum wage is zero.
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Born: Jun 30, 1930

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Alan Greenspan, Herbert A. Simon, John Kenneth Galbraith, Milton Friedman, Paul A. Volcker, Peter Navarro, Richard Thaler, Robert Reich

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