If you make minimum wage, you probably will not be buying a Tesla anytime soon, but you’ll be making at least a little more in California and New York. Legislatures in both states passed a $15 minimum wage yesterday. Seattle and Los Angeles have approved similar citywide laws. There’s pending legislation in about a dozen other places across the country, and there’s a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour. How did that become the minimum wage magic number?
The Minimum Wage Magic Number
Credits
Guest:
David Cooper - Economic Policy Institute -
@metaCoop
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Matt Holzman,
Anna Scott,
Jolie Myers,
Christian Bordal,
Laura Swisher