Minimum wage hikes a poor step towards prosperity

California’s minimum wage continues its steady incline, despite economic evidence against the idea.
The statewide minimum wage will hike to $15 by 2022 — a policy many Golden State politicos claimed would boost economically disadvantaged communities when they voted to approve the measure last year. But a new study by the Employment Policies Institute proves anti-poverty measures like a higher minimum wage actually do the opposite.
University of California, Irvine economists David Neu