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Venezuela sees 275% increase in minimum wage!

January 1, 2020 TheCuriousEconomist Comments Off

The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has passed legislation to increase the country’s minimum wage by a whopping 275% from 40,000 bolivars to 150,000 (around $8). With rampant hyperinflation, this is an attempt by the […]