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In an op-ed, Research Scholar Brandon Fuller explains how cities can help low-income workers without raising the minimum wage

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "In addition to tax policies that reward work, cities can think creatively about ways to lower the costs of goods and services sold within their jurisdictions. In most of the cities that Americans would characterize as expensive, for example, housing is especially unaffordable because regulatory bottlenecks keep enough of it from being built. For many cities, easing constraints on the supply of housing could help paychecks stretch further."

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