tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post3823449502837301192..comments2023-10-31T00:46:35.316+13:00Comments on Anti-Dismal: How not to analyse the effects of a minimum wagePaul Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-66616045515213288642016-05-09T22:11:10.796+12:002016-05-09T22:11:10.796+12:00Politics, a dirty word if ever there was one.Politics, a dirty word if ever there was one.Paul Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-36332618122984537562016-05-09T18:20:01.322+12:002016-05-09T18:20:01.322+12:00"so why run with a report this bad?"
It..."so why run with a report this bad?"<br /><br />It might be necessary to mention that dread word: "politics"Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-4634676185668238982016-05-09T03:10:22.948+12:002016-05-09T03:10:22.948+12:00Tim. This doesn't surprise me. What does surpr...Tim. This doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me is that NELP would run with this standard of crap. I'm sure they can get people to do better analysis than this, so why run with a report this bad?Paul Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-70004713568995312242016-05-08T23:24:11.741+12:002016-05-08T23:24:11.741+12:00That NELP report does actually get gloriously wors...That NELP report does actually get gloriously worse. They count the total number in employment over the years. But do not adjust for the growing population.<br /><br />Thus their argument is that an economy of 340 million people has more jobs in it than one of 160 million people. See! Minimum wage rises don't cost jobs!<br /><br />what's worse is that I've already had people pointing to that report as proof that the min wage doesn't cost jobs....Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-30366049083534256262016-05-08T09:50:50.584+12:002016-05-08T09:50:50.584+12:00... That's no more ....... That's no more ....Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-12603735674817398822016-05-08T09:50:16.648+12:002016-05-08T09:50:16.648+12:00I was going to comment there is not more butchered...I was going to comment there is not more butchered debate than over the minimum wage; however, I then remembered the related debate growing around a UBI.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com