# The Battle for a $15 Minimum Wage Is Already Won

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Noah Smith]]
- Full Title: The Battle for a $15 Minimum Wage Is Already Won
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-18/amazon-helped-make-a-15-minumum-wage-the-new-benchmark

## Highlights
- And as economists have increasingly realized in recent years, minimum wage can help counteract employers’ power to hold wages below their efficient market value.