tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post3383755362295322637..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: The Minimum Wage (Non-) Problem.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-55667586323500543512018-08-16T18:58:15.983-07:002018-08-16T18:58:15.983-07:00"It is a serious national evil that any class..."It is a serious national evil that any class of His Majesty's subjects should receive less than a living wage in return for their utmost exertions. It was formerly supposed that the working of the laws of supply and demand would naturally regulate or eliminate that evil [...and...] ultimately produce a fair price. Where... you have a powerful organisation on both sides... there you have a healthy bargaining.... But where you have what we call sweated trades, you have no organisation, no parity of bargaining, the good employer is undercut by the bad, and the bad employer is undercut by the worst... where those conditions prevail you have not a condition of progress, but a condition of progressive degeneration."<br />Winston Churchill MP, Trade Boards Bill, Hansard House of Commons (28 April 1909) <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage<br /><br />As if 1909 isn’t far enough back in history to demonstrate this is an enduring argument perplexing society for longer than the Fraser Institute thinks it should, I note the same article says modern minimum wage laws trace their origin back to the Ordinance of Labourers in 1349.<br /><br />Tim Horton’s didn’t even have drive-throughs in those days.<br />Lewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-72021000548445697932018-08-16T10:22:39.005-07:002018-08-16T10:22:39.005-07:00Thanks Anon--
Actually linked-to in footer...
.Thanks Anon--<br /><br />Actually linked-to in footer...<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-65490524884853077672018-08-16T06:22:10.416-07:002018-08-16T06:22:10.416-07:00Also worth reading (from the BlogCrawl...)
Doomsa...Also worth reading (from the BlogCrawl...)<br /><br />Doomsayers, Chicken Littles and Conservatives get it wrong on the impact of minimum wage increases<br /> - by David Climenhaga<br /><br /><a href="https://albertapolitics.ca/2018/08/doomsayers-chicken-littles-and-conservatives-get-it-wrong-on-the-impact-of-minimum-wage-increases/" rel="nofollow">https://albertapolitics.ca/2018/08/doomsayers-chicken-littles-and-conservatives-get-it-wrong-on-the-impact-of-minimum-wage-increases/</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com