The Debt Dialogues is a weekly podcast that aims to educate young people about the welfare state and how it will affect their future. In this episode, I interview Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on the recent demands by fast food workers for a $15 an hour minimum wage. Topics covered include:

• How the minimum wage hurts low skilled workers

• The empirical evidence about the effects of the minimum wage

• How wages are determined on a free market

• The impact of unions

Other Resources:

• Fast Food Strikes Aren’t What They Appear to Be — Diana Furchtgott-Roth

• Union Workers Against Low Wage Workers — Diana Furchtgott-Roth

• To Protect The Defenseless, We Must Abolish The Minimum Wage — Don Watkins

• Does the Minimum Wage Help the Poor? — Yaron Brook

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