George Will says that raising the minimum wage is a good idea if…. Here’s his closing paragraph:
If the milk of human kindness flows by the quart in your veins, so you should also want to raise the minimum street charity: Take moral grandstanding oblivious of consequences to a new level by requiring anyone who gives money to panhandlers to give a minimum of $10. Beggars may not benefit, but you will admire yourself.
Speaking of the economics of minimum-wage legislation, Ben Powell (a GMU Econ PhD) reminds us that Dr. Krugman was a more careful economist than is Mr. Krugman. (HT Bob Murphy)
David Henderson also exposes a truly inexcusable case of media bias.
Steve Landsburg reflects on the glories of democratic compromise.
The continuing calamity that is Obamacare. (HT W.E. Heasley)
