The WSJ opinion piece pushes the view that the increase in the minimum wage is responsible for the increase in teen unemployment.
[WSJ - The Jobless Summer]
The Conversable Economist argues that the minimum wages may have something to do with it but its effect is minor at best.
[Conversable Economist - The Decade-Long Rise in Teen Summer Unemployment]
Of course, when they gut social security and medicare, there will be another jump in teen unemployment because there will be a flood of starving old people taking the traditional teen fast-food jobs.
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