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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
US federal minimum wage has de-facto been abolished, thanks to inflation. This often gets missed because it happened slowly and as a result of inaction, but it's still worth talking about.
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Greg Lang
@designheretic
How familiar are you with its origins? B/c imo this is a positive https://mises.org/mises-wire/racist-history-minimum-wage-laws
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dbdm
@dbdm
yeah that article doesn’t have any bias at all!
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Greg Lang
@designheretic
Want me to find you an example of a source you consider unbiased based on the same historical fact? Happy to do so if you insist on doubting the veracity of the underlying basis of the one I used Do you think they made it up?
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callum
@csmit
The article is implying if I specifically search out for a black person to employ and pay them less it is ethical, but if I employ anyone and pay them more (min wage) it is unethical. Doesn’t America have laws against discriminating potential employees on the basis of race/skin color?
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