Who is helped and who is hurt by immigration? This question seems like it should be relatively straightforward. In a previous essay in Public Discourse, I noted that immigration does not have any significant net aggregate economic effects. But the absence of an aggregate effect does not mean there are no distributional effects. After all, taking $10,000 from every person who reads this essay and giving it to the author of this essay has no aggregate effect on wealth, yet I still … [Read more...] about Immigration: Winners and Losers?
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Immigration: Can We Talk About This?
An article published in Public Discourse: The debate on immigration in America has hit a wall. “Debate” is the wrong word, though, with its implication that the two sides are actually speaking to one another and addressing the arguments of the other. It is more accurate to say that the posturing on immigration has hit a wall. Read the rest of the article here at Public Discourse. … [Read more...] about Immigration: Can We Talk About This?