The minimum wage hurts poor people

Walter E. Williams discusses a new study on how the minimum wage hurts poor minorities.

See: How welfare hurts poor people.
Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION)

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