The Minimum Wage Debate

Authors

Dean Baker
Michael Strain

Streaming Media

Document Type

Event

Publication Date

2-22-2016

Abstract

The panelists debated and discussed whether the minimum wage is a tool that can be used to combat inequality or if the minimum wage is something that will cause detrimental effects on workers. “The question is it a good policy to raise the minimum wage and if so how much?” asked Baker.

A summary of the event is available here.

Additional Information

Recommended Citation

Baker, Dean and Strain, Michael, "The Minimum Wage Debate" (2016). Law and Public Policy Program Lecture Series. 4.
https://scholarship.law.edu/policy_lectures/4