Via Townhall:
As if more proof were needed about the minimum wage's devastating effects, yet another study has reached the same conclusion. Last week, two labor economists, Professors William Even (Miami University of Ohio) and David Macpherson (Trinity University), released a study for the Washington, D.C.-based Employment Policies Institute titled "Unequal Harm: Racial Disparities in the Employment Consequences of Minimum Wage Increases."
During the peak of what has been dubbed the Great Recession, the unemployment rate for young adults (16 to 24 years of age) as a whole rose to above 27 percent. The unemployment rate for black young adults was almost 50 percent, but for young black males, it was 55 percent.
Even and Macpherson say that it would be easy to say this tragedy is an unfortunate byproduct of the recession, but if you said so, you'd be wrong. Their study demonstrates that increases in the minimum wage at both the state and federal level are partially to blame for the crisis in employment for minority young adults.
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Christian Hartsock
Christian Hartsock, 24, is a filmmaker, journalist and columnist. He earned his B.A. in Film and Video Production from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara and currently produces, directs, and writes films including the music video for Guns ‘N Roses’ “Sorry,” as well as the conservative rap music video Victicrat and the short film Sycophant
which he wrote and directed, as well as the award-winning feature film The Lives of Better Men which he produced.
Hartsock directed the undercover investigation video Teachers Unions Gone Wild which exposed sleaze and corruption in the New Jersey Education Association, earning the accolades of Governor Chris Christie, and produced B-roll for James O’Keefe’s and Hannah Giles’ investigation videos that brought down ACORN. He also exposed racism against Clarence Thomas at a left-wing Common Cause rally, doctors issuing fraudulent sick notes to union teachers in Wisconsin, the International Socialist Agenda behind Wisconsin union organizers, ignorance and anti-Americanism at the U.N. Climate Summit in Cancun, and continues to work on investigative journalism videos. His videos have been the catalyst of legal and congressional investigations into the subjects exposed.
He traveled to Iraq with Move America Forward to document the final chapters of the Iraq war and was profiled in CNN’s documentary Right on the Edge a documentary about young conservative activists hosted by Abbie Boudreau, as well as a French TV documentary on Canal+ about the same topic, hosted by Sabrina van Tassel. Hartsock currently writes for several news and commentary websites, including Big Government and Big Journalism. His commentary has been discussed on Fox News’ Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, his videos exhibited on Hannity's America and The Glenn Beck Program. He has appeared as a guest on several TV and radio talk shows over the years, including The Larry Elder Show. He was born in Oakland, California in 1986 and currently resides in Los Angeles.
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