The weight of the evidence is on the side of minimum wages having adverse impacts.
The media and a small number left wing advocate economists have given us a false picture of the state of the literature.
The trouble with these assertions are made based on relatively modest increases in the past - not the absurd increase being pushed though now. Any economist who quickly declares that such an unprecedented increase will have minimal negative effects is basing their claim on ideology - not data.
40 politically motivated economists
we've seen your pattern many times in the past - throw down a study and declare it as prevailing... and the bonus kicker, declare alternative study/findings as nothing more than the results from, as you say, "left wing advocates... claims based on ideology... politically motivated". As it stands, the author of your linked reference is acknowledged in the field study of minimum wages versus employment and is a prolific author in that regard... but... he himself has recently written to concede the debate is ongoing, that there is no consensus. Amazingly in his position/writings he doesn't declare his opponents as, "ideological driven, politically motivated, lefty advocates" - go figure, hey!
on edit to add: these "absurd" increases you label... when skimming the thread I might have missed an actual statement on what the proposed increases were/are; these increases:
- Ontario’s general minimum wage from $11.60 per hour to:
$14 per hour on January 1, 2018
$15 per hour on January 1, 2019
- Liquor servers will see an increase from $10.10 per hour to:
$12.20 per hour on January 1, 2018
$13.05 per hour on January 1, 2019
- Students under the age of 18, who work part time during the school year (up to 28hrs/week) and on school breaks, will see an increase from $10.90 per hour to:
$13.15 per hour on January 1, 2018
$14.10 per hour on January 1, 2019
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