<![CDATA[Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html]]>Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/3b8457cf-4629-4804-9747-5b589f61837c/raising-the-minimum-wage-unless-you-ask-sketchy-bought-and-paid-for-economists-turns-out-to-be-a-good-thing-actually-https-finance.yahoo.com-news-economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.htmlRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:39:32 GMTSun, 19 Apr 2026 00:06:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:03:16 GMT]]>@codinghorror now now, some of those economists are actually ideologically opposed to poor people being paid a living wage

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/lkanies/statuses/116432686066634967https://forum.other.li/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/lkanies/statuses/116432686066634967Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:03:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:41:21 GMT]]>@liquid when someone's salary depends on it not being obvious, somehow that tends to happen

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116432599888892654https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116432599888892654Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:41:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:37:50 GMT]]>@codinghorror it's funny how economists say incentives are everything, but get all huffy when you suggest who funds their paycheck influences their opinions.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/fazalmajid/statuses/116432350114276348https://forum.other.li/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/fazalmajid/statuses/116432350114276348Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:37:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:01:33 GMT]]>@liquid @codinghorror 👍

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116431263758931660https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116431263758931660Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:01:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:17:21 GMT]]>@codinghorror I am hugely confused by that page because if you keep scrolling down you get different news articles with completely opposite spins on the same story.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/teamonkey/statuses/116430382113012995https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/teamonkey/statuses/116430382113012995Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:17:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:58:26 GMT]]>@codinghorror I'm reminded of when the province of Ontario was planning on merging the General Sales Tax and Provincial Sales Tax into the Harmonized Sales Tax and all sorts of businesses were losing their minds. Everything was fine.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/UntouchedWagons/statuses/116428892152539448https://forum.other.li/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/UntouchedWagons/statuses/116428892152539448Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:58:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Raising the minimum wage, unless you ask sketchy bought-and-paid-for economists, turns out to be a good thing, actually: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-warned-california-not-raise-110500084.html on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:19:54 GMT]]>@codinghorror not sure why this isn't obvious to everyone!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116426638142411216/statuses/116428740655039473https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116426638142411216/statuses/116428740655039473Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:19:54 GMT