Critics of the minimum wage argue that an increase in the minimum wage rate above the equilibrium rate of a purely competitive labor market would:

A. Increase unemployment in the labor market
B. Increase firms' demand for labor
C. Decrease the supply of labor
D. Cause firms to substitute labor for capital


A. Increase unemployment in the labor market

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