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Elizabeth Warren: any adverse employment effect would be, 'of a small and policy irrelevant magnitude.'

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
any adverse employment effect would be, 'of a small and policy irrelevant magnitude.'
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren references a literature review concluding minimal job loss from minimum wage increases.

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