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I wonder if the employment rate would be different if the minimum wage were zero.

The employment rate would be higher. And total wage dollars paid would be higher too.

But hourly rates, particularly at the low end, would be lower than now and probably below a livable amount.

What good is employment when it doesn't pay enough to survive?

nah man, everyone has the resources to turn down jobs which don't pay enough /s