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by patentatt 1877 days ago
This contradicts everything I’ve ever read on the topic, is there a good reason I should trust this source over others?
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Certain political bents like to mix "inflation" and "productivity growth" to juice the numbers. OTOH not sure I really trust inflation is balanced properly and accurately captures the cost of a certain standard of living.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/politics/minimum-wage-inflati...