The underlying flaw in French industrial policy is not a lack of strategic oversight by the state, but the crushing weight of payroll charges for employees who are paid above the minimum wage.

法国产业政策中的潜在缺陷并不在于缺乏国家层面的策略监导，而在于为那些收入高于最低保障水平的劳动者所承受的税款负担沉重。

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In the third debate, Mr Kerry drew thumbnail sketches of his policies on health care, raising the minimum wage, immigration policy and everything else that makes voters think he feels their pain and has ideas for doing something about it.

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All in all, raising the minimum wage is a poor policy.

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Proponents of the minimum wage such as John Schmitt, a senior fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, like to argue that the mean effect of the minimum wage on jobs for low-skilled workers is close to zero.

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