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Minimum Wage vs Inflation

Posted by Michael • May 14, 2012

Back in 2007, I wrote a post comparing what minimum wage would buy in 2007 versus 1973. Now here comes an article at MSN that’s along those same lines:

MSN: What Minimum Wage Buys, Then and Now

The author traces minimum-wage purchasing power (of things like rent and gas) across the decades, starting in 1950. Interesting stuff, if you’re so inclined.

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