An Exception to the Minimum Wage

Economy |
By Sarah Brodsky | Read Time 1 minute

Minimum wage laws don’t apply equally to all endeavors. One result of such laws is that they encourage businesses to have children do their work in exchange for small prizes like stuffed animals. Here’s a cookie company that doesn’t have to pay its salespeople $7.05 an hour!

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Sarah Brodsky

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