From The New York Times:
Proponents of raising the minimum wage often point out that the real minimum wage is lower now than it was decades ago. But the federal policy aimed at low-wage work and low-income families has shifted – wisely – away from reliance on the minimum wage and toward a generous earned-income tax credit, which is better focused on poor families.  There is nothing wrong with reducing our reliance on a less effective policy when we have adopted a more effective one…David Neumark is professor of economics and director of the Center for Economics and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine.

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