Essayist: One of the claims of laissez-faire economics is that increasing the minimum wage reduces the total number of minimum-wage jobs available  In a recent study, however, it was found that after an increase in the minimum wage, fast-food restaurants kept on roughly the same number of minimum-wage employees as before the increase
Ttherefore, laissez-faire economics is not entirely accurate
Minimum-wage job availability at fast-food restaurants included in the study was representative of minimum-wage job availability in general.