Piketty’s Historic Minimum Wage Errors

Posted by Maphesdus 10 years, 7 months ago to Economics
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Wow, the book is really that bad, eh?

Also, Germany has no minimum wage? That I did not know.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 7 months ago
    Everyplace, even Germany, has a minimum wage.
    It is determined by law of supply and demand, specific to each job to be done, where it is not codified in law.
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    • Posted by 10 years, 7 months ago
      Now you're just twisting the definition of the term.
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      • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 7 months ago
        *I'm* twisting the term?

        Which word am I twisting? "Minimum" or "wage"?
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        • Posted by 10 years, 7 months ago
          I said "term," not "word." The term you're twisting is "minimum wage," which is a term that consists of two words. Typically, when we talk about "minimum wage," we are not referring to the minimum price of a particular job on the labor market, as determined by supply and demand, but rather to a specific law implemented by government telling employers the lowest amount they're legally allowed to pay their workers.
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