What's the relationship between minimum wages and the unemployment rate? Do increases in the minimum wage lead to reductions in hiring by businesses, increasing the unemployment rate? Or do higher minimum wages generate more economic activity, spurring growth and reducing unemployment? In this Two Minute Explainer, I look to this year's Nobel Prize in Economics for an answer.
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