https://RationalAmerica.com/tags/minimum-wage-research/Recent content in Minimum Wage Research on Rational AmericaHugoen-usWed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/the-brutal-truth-about-minimum-wage-hikes/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/the-brutal-truth-about-minimum-wage-hikes/<p>Does raising the minimum wage destroy jobs? And if not, why have we spent forty years being told it does?</p> <p>Walk into any intro economics class and you&rsquo;ll see the same clean, whiteboard diagram. Draw a supply curve. Draw a demand curve. Slap a price floor on top and watch the surplus pile up like unclaimed luggage. In that textbook world, a minimum wage increase is basically a machine gun aimed at low-wage employment. Small businesses shutter. Teenagers lose their first gigs. Fast-food restaurants quietly replace cashiers with kiosks.</p>