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Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.

Joseph Stiglitz
People, Wages, Minimum Wage
"Economics". Book by Joseph Stiglitz, 1993.
Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.