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The Costs to Fast-Food Restaurants of a Minimum Wage Increase to $10.50 per Hour

As fast-food workers join picket lines around the country, media outlets are questioning how much a minimum wage increase would cost businesses, fast-food restaurants in particular. Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Robert Pollin examine the potential impact of a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage, concluding that the proposed hike to $10.50 would impose only modest costs, and could

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