Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?

Michael Reich interviewed by Tim Phillips, 23 August 2019

The US has an epidemic of "deaths of despair". Michael Reich tells Tim Phillips that new research implies that a $15 minimum wage doesn't just cut poverty, it also saves lives. But is Congress listening?

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Topics:  Health economics Poverty and income inequality

Tags:  suicide, deaths of despair, minimum wage, US, Poverty

Michael Reich

Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

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