Episode 173
Episode 173: 2020's Big Proposals
Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon · Dominik Doemer
April 25, 201929m 0s
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Show Notes
The presidential race for 2020 is already well underway and two of the biggest policies Democratic hopefuls are pushing include a $15 minimum wage and Medicare-for-All. Professor Jeannette Wicks-Lim lays out the costs and benefits of each and what these massive policy changes would mean for the country—and for inequality.
For more on this topic:
- Read Wicks-Lim's brief, Why Fast Food Employers Can Adjust to a $15 minimum wage without Shedding Jobs
- Check out her research reports on the $15 minimum wage and Medicare-for-All