From The Fiscal Times:
Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, led a groundbreaking study while at Princeton University that found in 1992 that a minimum wage bump did not hurt employment at New Jersey fast food restaurants. Those findings have been disputed by economists such as Gary Becker at the University of Chicago and David Neumark at the University of California-Irvine, who both claim that the traditional Econ 101 perspective articulated by Boehner still holds.

For the full story, please visit http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/02/13/Boehner-Bashes-Minimum....

 
 

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