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Just for fun, for my fellow armchair economists, some speculation: \u00a0if we eliminated the minimum wage right now, what would the de facto minimum wage look like, in current economic conditions? \u00a0Narrow it down to particular regions, if you like. \u00a0What would happen if the government actually enforced immigration laws? \u00a0 Or, to the contrary, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nQuestion of the day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just for fun, for my fellow armchair economists, some speculation: if we eliminated the minimum wage right now, what would the de facto minimum wage\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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