[tomtimtall]

> Firing anyone not worth minimum wage makes the true minimum wage $0 = unemployment.

Denmark is not communist. The state doesn’t mandate that you have to work for Mcdonalds and cannot work anywhere else. If a company doesn’t feel you are competent in a position then they can fire you, obviously. The minimum wage doesn’t mean they are obligated to pay anyone who wants to work for them, it simply means that anyone working in the position must have a wage at that point or above.

[beerandt]

Which hurts low-value labor (including those without job experience or who are high risk or have negative history), by making them unemployable.

This notion that a "living wage" raises the floor for everyone is BS. The floor stays at zero and the height to the first step becomes unreachable for some.

[Broken_Hippo]

...but it doesn't hurt low value labor. There are plenty of grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, janitors, and the like in Nordic countries. They aren't as many fast food places as there were in the US (but there are so many more grocery stores peppered about) and the prices might be more expensive. But that's OK.

What do you mean, "High risk"? And a negative history - is that the same as being fired or working short term for a bunch of jobs? I'm gonna guess there is a limit to how much of that job history folks can hold against you - and additionally, I get the impression that folks don't change jobs as often as they do in the US. (I'm an immigrant, so I get stuff wrong sometimes).

I'm pretty sure the job stability is due to a combination between there being less wage gap between people, strong worker protection laws, and not having things like health insurance dependent on your employment status.

Few folks are unemployable: There are assistance programs to help folks find work, after all.