The minimum wage should be 0
- sincerely any good economist
For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
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#12Really doubt this. Instead I would look into the connection between anti depressants/anti psychotics and suicide. There's research of strong connections, but immunity is claimed by the drug companies, "because they were already depressed/mentally unhealthy when put on the drugs". Mental health professionals and managers at large drug companies need to start going to jail for over-prescribing psychiatric drugs.
The next big culprit is other drug addiction, like fentanyl and heroin. Stemming the flow of cheap fentanyl dumped into the United States by China and throwing doctors in jail who over prescribe these drugs would do wonders for people.
Re: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
#13Well America has a difficult problem to solve. And that is its workforce is insanely expensive.
Or lets say the rest of the world is insanely poor compared to the americans.
We often joked here in Eastern Europe that we would be better off leaving our current IT jobs and just go to the US to work at McDonalds.
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#14As the old saying goes: Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a jet ski. And you never see an unhappy person riding a jet ski.
making a living wage, and I would hardly call $1 above the current min wage a "living" wage, has nothing to do with having more money to buy things with and everything to do with feeling psychologically safe from spiraling into debt and possible homelessness. the lack of a psychological safety net is one of the most anxiety inducing things about American capitalism. we underestimate as a society how damaging it is be…
> we underestimate as a society how damaging it is because it's so hard to measure
I'm not sure I agree with that. It has been known within public health for decades that poverty is an important predictor of life expectancy and quality of life.
The real problem in the US appears to be a deep cultural belief in self-sufficiency, and an accompanying unwillingness to vote for politicians who support implementation of said safety nets.
Re: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
#15Really doubt this. Instead I would look into the connection between anti depressants/anti psychotics and suicide. There's research of strong connections, but immunity is claimed by the drug companies, "because they were already depressed/mentally unhealthy when put on the drugs". Mental health professionals and managers at large drug companies need to start going to jail for over-prescribing psychiatric drugs. The ne…
SSRIs saved my life, I don't like such wild claims. Don't be afraid of psychiatric drugs if you are hurting.
Re: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
#16The minimum wage should be 0 - sincerely any good economist
it might as well be - "gig" work is not bound by min wage laws.
ask an instacart worker how that's worked out for them.
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#17The minimum wage should be 0 - sincerely any good economist
The minimum wage should be livable - sincerely any good person
Re: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
#18Does anyone have access to the paper? Raising the minimum wage means less jobs will be available, as employers cut costs and perform layoffs. My assumption is the paper neglects to factors this into their analysis, but if they do, I'd love to read it.
edit: paper shared below!
Re: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wage, research suggests
#19What would increased minimum wage due to small business (<$50m/yr in revenue)? Wouldn't it force them to cut shifts/hours/consolidate positions?
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#20I was reading the other day that typically mass shootings happen during a recession, and right now is a confusing time because the economy is supposedly doing fantastic, yet we keep having mass shootings. Could this have to do with the mounting inequality? It seems the standard indicators for the health of the economy are breaking because wealth just keeps pooling near the top. So what this study could be saying is,…
This seems pretty reductionist. Every event isn’t attributable to economics.