Dang, I hadn't heard this story, but is not surprising



Seattle made the mistake of actually doing a decent job forming their committee to evaluate the minimum wage effects.

When the prespecified empirical approach didn't yield the results they wanted, they just brought in a different batch of economists who would give them the right answers.

Undisciplined

Having sat on enough policy committees I now see how this stuff works.

"Commissioning a study" is what happens when the majority thinks it's obviously a bad idea or a waste of time to talk about, but they don't want to say it outright for fear of the blowback they'll get from the wokies.

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LA Council to Study Wage Increases for Const. Workers from $18 to $32 per HR

BlokchainB

Having sat on enough policy committees I now see how this stuff works.

"Commissioning a study" is what happens when the majority thinks it's obviously a bad idea or a waste of time to talk about, but they don't want to say it outright for fear of the blowback they'll get from the wokies.

