Texas A&M University-Commerce professor ofeconomicsDr. Dale Funderburk says raising the minimum wage has the very visible effect of helping many people immediately, but the longer term effects -- which he believes include fewer jobs in the economy -- are harder to see and measure.
Weighing the merits of raising the minimum wage
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