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Out to Lunch: California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage

May 21, 202647:56News & Politics

California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage cut employment by roughly 18,000 jobs and pushed up restaurant prices. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks to UC San Diego economist Jeff Clemens about California’s wage-floor experiment—and...

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Out to Lunch: California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage is an episode from Cato Daily Podcast by Cato Institute. California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage cut employment by roughly 18,000 jobs and pushed up restaurant prices. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks t...

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Published May 21, 2026, 47:56 long, audio available.

Out to Lunch: California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage

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