Re: Help with a Minimum Wage Model

From: randy (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 12:49:03 MDT

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    On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 21:39:08 -0700, you wrote:

    >Reason writes
    >
    >> You're missing the very complex part of the model that shows how much
    >> revenue an entrepreneur can generate per employee. Personnel are the
    >> largest cost in almost all businesses. You are also missing the
    >> taxation cost of enforcing a minimum wage.
    >>
    >> That and workers never becoming entrepreneurs is silly. It's a dynamic
    >> equilibrium at best, and the number of entrepreneurs is all over the map
    >> with legislation, cost of money, industry you have in mind, etc, etc...
    >
    >Yes, but my goal is to find the minimum number of assumptions,
    >(and if possible to minimize their implausibility), that would
    >enable anyone to think that minimum wage is a good idea.
    >

    Assume that all those poor people will riot and kill all the yuppies.
    That should do the trick.

    I really like Bill Maher's approach to social justice when asked on
    his TV show _Politically Correct_ why we should give out
    welfare,"Because they might kill you otherwise?".



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