Comments on: Mininum Wage Fraud — Craig Chamberlain http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Purple Avenger http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain/comment-page-1#comment-4334 Purple Avenger Tue, 29 May 2007 01:29:58 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2007/05/28/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain/#comment-4334 Overlaying minimum wage increases against unemployment curves shows unemployment spikes following the increases. Those spikes take a few years to dissipate. This trend goes all the way back to the inception of the minimum wage. Typically, young black males are the hardest hit by the spike. I'm not saying there's anything "causal" there, but the temporal relationship is a damn curious thing repeated several times. Just saying... Overlaying minimum wage increases against unemployment curves shows unemployment spikes following the increases. Those spikes take a few years to dissipate.

This trend goes all the way back to the inception of the minimum wage. Typically, young black males are the hardest hit by the spike.

I’m not saying there’s anything “causal” there, but the temporal relationship is a damn curious thing repeated several times. Just saying…

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