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by chownie 961 days ago
Increasing wages correlates with inflation, but it's a _very_ weak correlation. In most industries labour does not make up the lion's share of business expenses.

Studying minimum wage increases between 1978 and 2015:

> we find prices grow by 0.36 percent for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage.

https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&htt...