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Design Lab — palette + reading directions
The same sample feed + briefing excerpt rendered four ways. Current is today's look;
A/B/C apply the proposed reading-layout (near-black body, tighter measure, rules instead of boxes,
sharp 2–4px radius, accent "audit spine") each in a different researched palette. Pick a direction and I'll
implement it as real theme tokens.
Current Current (baseline) Today's look: mid-slate body on white, indigo accent, boxed audit cards.
The feed
Economics
Briefing Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
Both sides stand on the same floor: each treats today’s labour market as the fixed backdrop.
Philosophy
Explainer Philosophy
What “begging the question” actually means
The most misused phrase in logic. It is not “raising the question.”
A briefing, reading
Briefing · Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
3 June 2026 · 6 min read · 4 audited positions
The standard model says a binding price floor above the market-clearing wage must reduce employment.
But the labour market is not a textbook auction: search frictions, monopsony power, and efficiency-wage
effects all bend the curve, and the empirical record is far messier than either camp admits.
Price floors cut jobs. Set the wage above what a worker
adds and employers hire fewer of them — the textbook result.
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Abductive Closure. Treats one model as the whole story, ruling out monopsony without argument.
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Direction A Ink & Ledger Warm paper + near-black ink + rationed brick-red as the audit spine. Most editorial, most ownable.
The feed
Economics
Briefing Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
Both sides stand on the same floor: each treats today’s labour market as the fixed backdrop.
Philosophy
Explainer Philosophy
What “begging the question” actually means
The most misused phrase in logic. It is not “raising the question.”
A briefing, reading
Briefing · Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
3 June 2026 · 6 min read · 4 audited positions
The standard model says a binding price floor above the market-clearing wage must reduce employment.
But the labour market is not a textbook auction: search frictions, monopsony power, and efficiency-wage
effects all bend the curve, and the empirical record is far messier than either camp admits.
Price floors cut jobs. Set the wage above what a worker
adds and employers hire fewer of them — the textbook result.
Abductive Closure Logic
Treats one model as the whole story, ruling out monopsony and search frictions without argument.
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Direction B Slate & Signal Keeps the cool family (cheapest migration) but darkens body ink and swaps indigo for a committed red.
The feed
Economics
Briefing Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
Both sides stand on the same floor: each treats today’s labour market as the fixed backdrop.
Philosophy
Explainer Philosophy
What “begging the question” actually means
The most misused phrase in logic. It is not “raising the question.”
A briefing, reading
Briefing · Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
3 June 2026 · 6 min read · 4 audited positions
The standard model says a binding price floor above the market-clearing wage must reduce employment.
But the labour market is not a textbook auction: search frictions, monopsony power, and efficiency-wage
effects all bend the curve, and the empirical record is far messier than either camp admits.
Price floors cut jobs. Set the wage above what a worker
adds and employers hire fewer of them — the textbook result.
Abductive Closure Logic
Treats one model as the whole story, ruling out monopsony and search frictions without argument.
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Direction C Paper & Oxblood Near-monochrome long-read; accent reserved almost entirely for the audit.
The feed
Economics
Briefing Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
Both sides stand on the same floor: each treats today’s labour market as the fixed backdrop.
Philosophy
Explainer Philosophy
What “begging the question” actually means
The most misused phrase in logic. It is not “raising the question.”
A briefing, reading
Briefing · Economics
Does raising the minimum wage cost jobs?
3 June 2026 · 6 min read · 4 audited positions
The standard model says a binding price floor above the market-clearing wage must reduce employment.
But the labour market is not a textbook auction: search frictions, monopsony power, and efficiency-wage
effects all bend the curve, and the empirical record is far messier than either camp admits.
Price floors cut jobs. Set the wage above what a worker
adds and employers hire fewer of them — the textbook result.
Abductive Closure Logic
Treats one model as the whole story, ruling out monopsony and search frictions without argument.
Audit the full article → Controls
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Audit this argument Open the Reader Steelman this →
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