and, arin dube, a professor at the university of massachusetts amherst. gentlemen, thank you both for being on the "newshour". michael strain, i want to start with you. we just heard from workers who have been on the front line fighting the pandemic, some of whom are making $10 an hour. given all the inequities that have been laid bare in the last year of this pandemic, is now the time to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. >> the economy has inequities and should be addressed by public policy. nobody disagrees with that. the question is what is the best tool to use in order to address those inequities, and i do not think the minimum wage, particularly a $15 hour minimum wage is the best tool. the congressional budget office nonpartisan kind of score keeper, referee in policy debates finds a $15 an hour minimum wage will reduce employment opportunities by over 1 million jobs. who's not going to be getting jobs? it's not going to be college graduates or workers who have higher skills, but who didn't graduate college, it's going to be the least s