Legislators Argue That a Minimum Wage Law Is Instituted to Help

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Essay

Legislators argue that a minimum wage law is instituted to help poor people.Economists can attack the minimum wage law on two fronts.First,some argue that government should not help the poor.Second,some argue that minimum wage laws actually hurt the poor because it creates unemployment.Which argument is normative and which is positive?

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Definitions:

Allocate Resources

The process of distributing available resources among various competing needs and desires to achieve desired outcomes.

Efficiently

Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Inflation

The pace at which the full spectrum of goods and services' pricing ascends, weakening the power of acquisition.

Value Of Money

The purchasing power of money, or the amount of goods and services that one unit of money can buy, often influenced by inflation.