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Unemployment data chart showing unemployment claims over the past year. Unemployment has skyrocketed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PUBLIC DOMAIN

SBU professor helps pen research detailing COVID-19’s damage to the US labor market

Claudia Motley • May 19, 2020

Stony Brook University economics professor David Wiczer helped conduct a 2-part research study that detailed how the US labor market has been impacted as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

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In early September, fast-food workers in New York City had their minimum wages raised to $15. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently said he hopes to make New York the first state with a $15 minimum wage. PHOTO CREDIT: THE ALL-NITE IMAGES

A $15 minimum wage hurts more than it helps New Yorkers

Joseph Loscalzo • October 14, 2015
A $15 minimum wage would cause more harm than good for both the people it is intended to help, as well as others involved.
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