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What’s the sweet spot for adjusting the minimum wage?

What’s the economic sweet spot for adjusting the federal minimum wage?

11/10/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

What’s the sweet spot for adjusting the minimum wage?

Clip: 11/10/2015 | 6m 9s

What’s the economic sweet spot for adjusting the federal minimum wage?

Thousands of workers walked off the job in as many as 270 cities in a push to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, up from $7.25. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Krueger of Princeton University, who believes that wages should be raised, but not so fast and not so high.

11/10/2015 | Rating NR

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