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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Nearly half of U.S workers will live in states with at least a $15 minimum wage by 2027, Economic Policy Institute In the 2024 election, Alaska and Missouri voters approved ballot measures to increase their state minimum wage to $15 an hour in the coming years. Now 15 states and Washington D.C. either have or […] The post Half of U.S workers Will Live in States with at Least a $15 Minimum Wage by 2027 appeared first on Angry Bear.

This is a brief and targeted commentary by EPI’s Josh Bivens to which I have added input. The Fed has been flailing away at the economy in the belief Labor is the issue. Josh contends, product or profit markups have been a major issue. He does provide a foundation for his posit. I look to the supply chain issue(s) as the basis for the higher profits. I experienced similar in getting componentry in 2008-2010. With less supply and a lengthen (and...