The eugenic effects of minimum wage laws - The Dismal Science
Paul Walker • Mar 24, 2015 •
I came across a bit of the history of the minimum wage that I didn't know today. A 2005 article by Thomas C. Leonard in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (Vol. 19 No. 4 Fall 2005) discusses Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era. Leonard opens the article by noting,American economics transformed itself during the Progressive Era. Read More