A Stealthy Stimulus: How boosting the minimum wage is helping to stimulate the economy
By Kai Filion,
May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009 | EPI Issue Brief #255
A Stealthy Stimulus: How boosting the minimum wage is helping to stimulate the economy
by Kai Filion
EPI’s Issue Brief, A Stealthy Stimulus: How Boosting the Minimum Wage is Helping to Support the Economy, looks at how the three-step increase in the minimum wage is adding billions of dollars to consumer spending and stimulating the economy.
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