Externalities, More Than

In the series The FUTURE of WORK

"Dollars in the Margins"

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The $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Just Improve Lives. It Saves Them. A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect.

By MATTHEW DESMOND

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/minimum-wage-saving-lives.html

And so for day 2412
21.07.2013