Supporters of minimum wage laws do not realize that prior to minimum wage laws the national unemployment rate did fall well below 5%. According to the US Census, national unemployment rates were 3.3% in 1927, 1.8% in 1926, 3.2% in 1925, 2.4% in 1923, 1.4% in 1919 and 1918, 2.8% in 1907, 1.7% in 1906, and 3.7% in 1902.Here's what you will not law at college.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Flashback: Unemployment Rate Much Lower Without Minimum Wage Laws
The Mises Institute reports: