Comments on: Mininum Wage Fraud — Craig Chamberlain http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain/ African-American culture, news commentary, politics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Purple Avenger http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain/#comment-4520 Purple Avenger Tue, 29 May 2007 01:29:58 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2007/05/28/mininum-wage-fraud-craig-chamberlain/#comment-4520 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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