Kevin Drum is right: this NYT Magazine article on the “immigration equation” is an excellent summary of the economics of immigration. One part worth quoting:
With the exception of a few border states, however, the effect of immigration on public-sector budgets is small, and the notion that undocumented workers in particular abuse the system is a […]
sco on the playing out of immigration in the gubernatorial debates:
If you want to stop illegal immigration you only need to do two things. First, fine the companies that employ them more than they save by hiring them under the table. That will stop, or at least slow down the demand for their labor. Second, […]
At Blue Mass, Bob has some fun at the expense of the HubPolitics writer who mangles a bit of the English language himself in his statement, ”We can thank the overwhelmingly liberal legislature for the poor fluency amongst the non-native English speaking students, after all, it was the Democrats on Beacon Hill who gave the axe to the voter […]
Good analysis of May 1 in the Times:
Originally billed as a nationwide economic boycott under the banner “Day Without an Immigrant,” the day evolved into a sweeping round of protests intended to influence the debate in Congress over granting legal status to all or most of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country…
The economic impact […]
Like Mr. Yglesias, I’ve been living in a news bubble the past couple of days and only discovered belatedly (i.e. this morning, via a flyer posted at my street corner) that a general strike has been called on behalf of all immigrant workers in the country.
I’m all for people flexing their collective economic muscle, […]
I’m feeling a bit swamped today, but thought these posts worth a note:
Kieran Healy on cloning: "I’ve half-joked before that, purely because of this basic point, sociologists should welcome human cloning with open arms. Technically achieving the sort of things many people imagine they could do with cloning —recreate a lost child or relative, produce […]
I know there’s a bill circulating in Congress now, but even still I’m surprised at the apparent suddenness immigration has moved from back burner to front. I don’t that I have too much more to say beyond what I chipped in with a couple weeks ago, but here’s some assorted reading:
Brad DeLong challenges Paul Krugman’s […]
First, kudos to CBS4 commentator Jon Keller for setting up a blog and joining into a discussion that many professional journalists and political analysts turn their nose up at.
Second, he’s far too quick to criticize others for a lack of policy seriousness, when he infact performs the kind of political analysis that only obliquely […]