SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Peter Dierks who wrote (252789)1/1/2008 9:12:42 PM
From: Nicholas Thompson  Respond to of 281500
 
You know that there is no correlation between the two, if you don't know that you are really out to lunch.



To: Peter Dierks who wrote (252789)1/2/2008 9:41:52 AM
From: c.hinton  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
it is an over simplification to blame hikes in the minimum wage for causing recessions.

demands for minimum wage hikes generally follow a period of raising prices which in turn require a tightening of monetary policy ...that tightening is what often causes the recession.