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Description: Sylvia Allegretto, Labour Economist at University of California, Berkley, discusses the high public costs of paying low wage to fast food employees: it costs U.S. public $7 billion dollars to compensate these employees. More than half of fast food employees are enrolled in U.S. public programs.

Source: CBC

Date: Oct 18 2013

Video link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2412964620/

Questions for Discussion:

  1. How does this new research influence the ongoing debate of low wages to fast food workers?
  2. In light of this new research, is there now a strong case for increasing wages of fast food workers?
  3. Can you think of counter arguments to the implications of this research?
  4. What are some of the public benefits that fast food workers are availing of?

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