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jahaja
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Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft dr...
For this to be true - that higher labour costs keeps people out of jobs - one must ignore the last ~70 years of Northern-European labour market.
AdrianB1
on Sept 30, 2020
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Yes, take Sweden for example: no minimum wage. Let's take Norway... no minimum wage. They both do just fine.
jahaja
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What a dishonest comment. I'm very sure that you know why that is not needed in Sweden and Norway but you just manipulatively skip that part.
triceratops
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For the rest of us, why aren't they needed in Sweden and Norway?
jahaja
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The main reasons for the lack of minimum wage laws are because of a high degree of unionization and the widespread use of collective bargaining agreements.
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