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University of San Diego Digital USD 1978-02-02 "Should the Minimum Wage Law Be Abolished?" is the topic for the first in a series of six Law and Economic Debates sponsored by the Unive

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"Should the Minimum Wage Law Be Abolished?" is the topic for the first in a series of six Law and Economic Debates sponsored

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RELEASE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9

"Should the Mininrum Wage Law Be Abolished?" is the topic for the first in a series

of six Law and Economic Debates sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law

The February 16 debate begins at 8:00 p.m in Salomon Lecture Hall, DeSales Hall

Dr Walter E Williams, Associate Professor of Economics at Temple University, will

discuss the supporting position, and Stephen J Solarz, Democratic Congressman from

New York will represent the opposition

Professor Williams received his B.A from California State University and his

M.A and Ph.D in economics from the University of California He is currently an

economic columnist for The Philadelphia Tribune and is completing a manuscript

entitled "The Free Market and Nonpreferred People" which represents his research at the

Hoover Institution He has written numerous articles including "Why the Poor Pay Mor e:

An Alternative Explanation," "Government Sanctioned Restraints That Reduce Economic

Opportunities for Minorities," and has contributed to several government publications

including "Youth and Minority Employment" and "Minority Education: Some Economic

Q,uestions" He served on the research staff of The Urban Institute of the federal

government and is presently a member of the American Economic Association and the

Western Economic Association

Stephen Solarz was elected to Congress in 1974 from New York He serves on the

House Committee on International Relations, where he has distinguished himself as an

Post Office and Civil Service Committee, the Democratic Study Group, and Members of

first Congressional peace campaigns in the country in 1966 and served six years in the

New York State Assembly

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