The argument’s main idea is that a higher minimum wage hurts some low-income citizens. The author, Noam Scheiber, develops his argument by including an experiment conducted by John Horton of New York University that shows that an increased minimum wage influences employers to hire more productive workers. This causes the less-skilled workers to lose their jobs, and make even less money than they had before. Testimonies from other economists that agree with Horton’s findings are included in the article. The article includes input from a business owner that says that his business uses more automation as a way to offset the costs of a higher minimum wage. This also causes many workers to become unemployed. A second study mentioned in the article
