Чи повинен уряд підвищувати заробітну плату федерального мінімальної?
Higher minimum wages increase production costs, which then raises the prices of everything. Minimum…
The number one rule of good economics is to not just look at the effects certain laws and programs have on favoured groups, but rather to study how they affect society as a whole. And while minimum wage laws might in theory help those lucky few workers who keep their jobs, there is much more to take into thoughtful consideration.
For starters, if the employer is forced to pay more money to each worker by the government, he will have to compensate for the extra expense by (1) reducing the numbers of workers under his care, thus reducing employment and harming a large amount of workers (2) cut corners and costs of his product, which is seldom good for quality and often makes things much more poorly-made than ever before (3) raising the prices of the goods he produces, which inevitably forces consumers (including the workers who are now earning higher wages) to pay ore for everyday items (and since minimum wages are seldom imposed on a certain industry, this raises costs in virtually all areas of the economy) (4) going out of business altogether because of artificial and unrealistic legal obligations, which means the destruction of the jobs of ALL of his workers and a subsequent spike in unemployment.
But these negative affects, while they happen almost without exception, are seldom noticed by people. People see what the government ruling-class wants them to see -- they see the workers who have kept their jobs and are now earning more money. The may notice a rise in the price of goods, but never connect event a to event b. They will not however notice the loss of jobs or the jobs that were never created. Minimum wages do nothing, thank you very much
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