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Timothy Noah
California’s Tough New Fast Food Wage Law Is Exactly What Business Deserves
The private-sector solution—unionization—is usually preferable to regulation. But the business lobby hates unions more than big government.
May 26, 2022
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The Fast Food Industry Runs on Wage Theft
The franchise model makes hurting workers inevitable.
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