Chimath, what issue will determine the midterms and then the 2028 election. Look at your crystal ball there, Chimath, and tell us what you see. Yeah, midterms might be easier to to think about, right.I think the midterms are going to be about the economy, but the economy is going to be a window into a lot of these other issues, the safety security issue, the immigration issue, the tariff issue, rates. I think rates are going to be an enormous swing factor here. I think Powell is really holding on white knuc ...

Government Policy & Industry Impact - Chile's communist candidate plans gradual minimum wage increase [1] - Government aims to increase lithium production [1] Policy Shift - Candidate's program represents a step back from earlier, more radical proposals [1]

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From @WSJopinion: There’s no such thing as a free fast-food lunch. According to a new study, California has about 18,000 fewer fast-food jobs than if its $20 minimum-wage law had never passed. https://t.co/VHHZSq6hYd ...

Britain’s economy lost jobs again in June as the Labour government faces growing criticism for lifting the minimum wage and imposing a £26 billion payroll tax hike on companies https://t.co/7PGhS3z0Yb ...

Hotel owners are in open revolt against Los Angeles’s new $30-an-hour minimum wage, the latest blow to one of the country’s poorest-performing lodging markets https://t.co/POvh8bn5sD ...

Hundreds of thousands of US workers are actually getting a bump in pay today. Nearly two dozen states, cities, and local municipalities are raising their minimum wages effective July 1. That includes places like Alaska, which will increase minimum wage to $13 an hour, and California, which is hiking minimum wages to $24 an hour for many health care workers. ...

Hotel owners are in open revolt against Los Angeles’s new $30-an-hour minimum wage, the latest blow to one of the country’s poorest-performing lodging markets https://t.co/3cOkvh8txQ ...

Turkey’s government plans to skip a mid-year increase in the minimum wage, resisting political pressure to alleviate rising living costs https://t.co/atkFot5cQR ...

An independent commission agrees Germany’s statutory minimum wage should be increased in two steps to €14.60 in 2027, in a move that could stoke discord in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition https://t.co/TdC68Ukqfh ...