In economics, as in all areas, the solutions that seem most obvious are rarely the best.
Unfortunately, they almost always have their fervent supporters.
During the seven years at the head of the minimum wage expert group, Gilbert Cet, more than any economist, was confronted with some of these “false good ideas” which pollute the public debate.
Starting with the one, perennial on the left of the political spectrum and among certain unions, which wants the minimum wage to be the best weapon to eliminate poverty among employed people.
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In his new book
Worker (but) poor
(DBS Edition), Gilbert This therefore seeks to highlight the real sources of precariousness and the right tools to eradicate it.
After having looked at the definition of poverty, or rather poverty, at length, he demonstrates with the help of tables and statistics that
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the quantity of work and the family situation are the factors…
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