When government raises wages above what the market commands, employers will increase prices and reduce labor.
California, QED.
You should read Keynes.
About what?
Keynes never would have endorsed raising a minimum wage under current California economic conditions.
Gavin Newsome was warned by most economists not to raise healthcare minimum wages in California, but he did.
Now he relunctally admits that was a mistake.
So what to do? Repeal the legislation or cut moneybfrom other state programs? Or raise taxes on the rich?
Reading Keynes would result in the fact Keynes would have no solution.