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A Living Wage for the Greater Good?

Nov 6, 2013 5:25 PM EDT

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PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman speaks with David Rolf, president of SEIU Local 775NW, who argues that raising the minimum wage in SeaTac, Wash., is good for the whole economy.

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