The Economics of Immigration (Benjamin Powell)

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In his new book The Economics of Immigration: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy, editor and economics professor Benjamin Powell brings together several immigration scholars to discuss how immigrants affect the wages of American workers and government budgets, as well as how they assimilate into American culture.

[@ZombieX13]

You can't have open immigration and a welfare state.

[@libertarianismmoribundinst5497]

More immigration does = more job providers too. The only thing that scares me is people voting for democrats; however, there is a buffer period that delays people from voting for a bit.

[@AnarchyEnsues]

Benjamin Powell. does your modeling factor in them voting 8:2 democrat? the better option would be to send the military down there, and spread western freedom via colonialism. hong kong...

[@AnarchyEnsues]

+eric5335 how are we going to removing voting when you are importing 8:2 democrat supporters.. the state gets bigger not smaller with immigration.. you cant seperate one from the other.

[@Bitcoinhodlgang]

@@AnarchyEnsues does it? what does the data say?

[@AnarchyEnsues]

@@Bitcoinhodlgang my data says, 5 years later, send them all back. And send all economists back to 🇮🇱