Elizabeth Warren’s Fuzzy Math

Study: Productivity gains less impressive than Democratic senator suggests
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A new study reveals that freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D., Mass.) concept of tripling the minimum wage relies on oversimplified and faulty data.

Mr. Minimum Wage

Meet the controversial labor researchers providing intellectual firepower for minimum wage hike
Arin Dube / people.umass.edu

President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are using widely disputed research from a pair of radical labor activists-turned-professors to justify a massive minimum wage hike that mainstream economists say will increase unemployment.

Unions Back Wage Hike

Report: Minimum wage increases trigger raises in union contracts
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President Barack Obama’s proposal to increase the minimum wage will give a boost to union members who already earn more than the current federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.

Destroying Jobs to Save Them

Few poor workers will benefit from minimum wage hikes, economists say
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President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour during his State of the Union despite concerns from some economists that it would deflate an already weak economic recovery.

BOORING

State of the Union delivers laundry list for the left
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President Barack Obama delivered a longwinded and leftwing State of the Union in which he advocated in favor of increased taxes, widespread “reforms” to the nation’s gun laws, minimum wage increases, and immigration policy.

Good Intentions, Bad Results

Tom Harkin’s proposal to hike minimum wage would slash 500k jobs, experts say
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A group of economists estimate that Sen. Tom Harkin’s proposal to raise the minimum wage could add nearly 500,000 to the unemployment rolls.