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3 Groups of People Disproportionately Harmed by Minimum Wage Laws

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Minimum wage laws hurt minorities. Bill Wirtz writes:

Prior to the Fair Labors Standards Act (FLSA), which instituted the first federal minimum wage of 25 cents per hour, the black-white unemployment gap did not exceed 1 percent. Today, the black unemployment rate is twice that of whites. Raising [the minimum wage], as is suggested by multiple Democratic presidential candidates, would only accelerate this phenomenon.

[Bill Wirtz, “3 Groups of People Disproportionately Harmed by Minimum Wage Laws,” Foundation for Economic Education, May 16]

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