Is fast food bad value for the public?

Is fast food bad value for the public?
- November 1, 2013
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor's Professor and Center for Economics & Public Policy director, is quoted in the Wall Street Journal November 1, 2013
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From the WSJ:
Allegretto’s views in favor of raising the minimum wage – which is $7.25 nationally,
higher in some cities and states – aligns with that of the funders for the recent
paper, Fast Food Forward, a New York body that advocates raising wages for fast-food
workers. …“I am skeptical of the source,” said David Neumark, an economist at the
University of California, Irvine, who has studied the effect of raising the minimum
wage. “These guys are clear advocates for higher minimum wages."
For the full story, please visit http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/is-fast-food-bad-value-for-the-public-12....
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