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Prof Alan Manning: Raising Wages Does Not Lose Jobs

January 28, 2014

Good morning everyone. On today’s show Professor Alan Manning of the London School of Economics joins us to discuss monopsony and why raising wages does not hurt job growth. Tune in at noon!

Today’s YouTube Livestream: http://bit.ly/1hJ3H4H

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