Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Don't Fix My Wage, Bro! The Unintended Consequences of a Wage-Price Floor

Freeman here.

From the 2008 election, perhaps you remember Andrew Meyer, a University of Florida journalism student that went on an unintelligible rant at a John Kerry event, had his mic cut off, got arrested, and famously pleaded "Don't tase me, bro!" as the police proceeded to tase him and drag him out of the event. Poor guy. He just wanted to ask a question...



Tasers can be harmful for young adults, but even more harmful are price floors.