Something the article hints at but should be looked at are concrete examples of minimum wage removing entire job sectors.
For instance, almost all low skilled manufacturing and textile jobs have left the US for mainly Asian countries as a direct result of minimum wage. It's not like those companies want to pay shipping costs of getting products across the globe, but the minimum wage makes it more profitable to do so.
Another example is automated grocery store scanners. Grocery stores lose a ton of money from people gaming the system of automated checkout machines. But even with those losess, it's still profitable for a grocery store to install a machine than hire a worker.
Without a minimum wage, those jobs would still exist in the US and provide an opportunity for low skilled workers to enter the job market.
As an example, textile and manufacturing jobs being used exported to Asian countries.
It's not like companies want to pay for shipping of products from halfway across the world, but because of minimum wage it makes it more profitable to do so. Which results in jobs leaving to other countries.
Without minimum, those workers wages would have simply gone down over time, allowing them some time to find other opportunities. Instead of just one day the plants up and decides to move to Asia and you're out of a job.
For instance, almost all low skilled manufacturing and textile jobs have left the US for mainly Asian countries as a direct result of minimum wage. It's not like those companies want to pay shipping costs of getting products across the globe, but the minimum wage makes it more profitable to do so.
Another example is automated grocery store scanners. Grocery stores lose a ton of money from people gaming the system of automated checkout machines. But even with those losess, it's still profitable for a grocery store to install a machine than hire a worker.
Without a minimum wage, those jobs would still exist in the US and provide an opportunity for low skilled workers to enter the job market.