The Boston Globe has a story about how a recent court decision means that au pairs must be paid more in Massachusetts.
The predictable result:
Families will hire fewer au pairs to look after their children, and fewer au pairs will be hired.
Au pairs are being sent home, something economists have argued for decades is what happens when minimum wages are increased other than by market forces. Increase the price, reduce the quantity demanded.
But the big story in the article is, "OMG, what will we do? We won't be able to afford to hire au pairs to look after our children anymore. This is more tragic than global warming." [I made up that quote, but that's the tone].
Elitist interventionists love to tell everyone else that workers deserve higher wages and that people should be willing to pay more; but when it comes to money out of their own pockets, the story is about how the elites will suffer, and less about how au pairs will tragically miss out on employment and cultural exchange opportunities.