“The Power of Perspective: How Different Sources Shape Economic Discussions and Our Own Opinions” After reading the article promoting raising the minimum wage, I was initially convinced that it was a necessary step to improve the lives of low-wage workers. However, after

Here are the two websites I assigned for the first discussion assignment:
http://robertreich.org/post/131476708345 (Links to an external site.)
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/MinimumWages.htmlLinks to an external site.
The first one promotes raising the minimum wage, the second is critical of raising the minimum wage. I initially gave one page to each half of the class, so you would have different perspectives when commenting.
For this assignment, I want you to read the “other” article- whichever one you didn’t read first. Then, I want you to post your reaction to it. Have you changed your opinion in any way? How and why? Lastly, how do you think that readings from different sources has shaped online discussions about economic subjects (for example on social media sites like twitter or facebook)? Are we more prone to gaining insight from different perspectives, or are we more prone to arguing among ourselves as a result of having read different sources of information? As with the first discussion, your comments should be in the form of a short essay, about 4 (16-20) paragraphs long.