California’s Crazy ‘Fast Food’ Minimum Wage Takes Effect
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California’s Crazy ‘Fast Food’ Minimum Wage Takes Effect

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s higher minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect Monday. On top of California’s already high $16 minimum wage‚ the minimum wage for fast-food workers will increase to $20 an hour‚ the highest minimum wage in the U.S. Minimum-wage advocates parrot the claim that this is a win for fast-food workers. They cite a few studies to argue that those workers will earn more and suffer no job loss‚ and that poverty will fall. But a growing body of research...