Should raising the minimum wage be a victim of the pandemic? | Coronavirus

Is it an excessive cost for companies that will result in more unemployment or a contribution to the reduction of inequality that even strengthens domestic demand and helps the economy? Discussions about the impacts of a rise in the minimum wage have been a constant feature of politics and economic science over the decades. And in the coming weeks, the debate will come back in force. But if the crisis has changed the circumstances in which the discussion now takes place, the arguments used by both sides remain basically the same.

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