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➤ How does monopsony theory support Blinder’s view on the minimum wage?
Monopsony describes employers with wage-setting power who pay below marginal productivity. In that setting, a binding minimum can raise both wages and employment by correcting distortions. Blinder uses this framework to explain why market imperfections make a modest minimum wage welfare-improving in some labor markets.