Obviously, immigration doesn't depress wages. If it did, self-interested billionaires such as Zuckerberg, Bloomberg, the Koches, Gates, Adelson, the Widow Jobs, and Murdoch, would all donate money to increase immigration. Oh, wait ... They do? Huh ... https://www.unz.com/isteve/how-many-forbes-400-billionaire/ …https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/1090097417087844352 …
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Replying to @Steve_Sailer
Nothing weirder than trying to persuade deeply resistant libertarians that massive supply glut might possibly have an effect on price levels.
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Are you talking about illegal immigrants and the low end job market?
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The great advantage of basic economic categories is that they can be powerfully generalized.
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... By "basic categories of economics" I mean, of course, supply, demand, and demographic free-flow mystery sauce.
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The aggregate material well-being for all market participants is likely to eventually improve if labor mobility is maximized, but the well-being of the depressed side of the border will benefit disproportionately while markets stabilize. This WILL set American families back.
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If (indiscriminately selected) migrants engaged in no socio-political activity whatsoever apart from market participation, this might be true. Probably not even then, though:http://evonomics.com/do-immigrants-import-their-economic-destiny-garrett-jones/ …
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... Voting-in leftwing governments very much counts as extra-market socio-political participation.
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Ok wait. I’m missing something. Selection pressure is def at work on the southern border. The social service magnet is a big factor. Why would we assume people drawn by government programs wouldn’t disproportionately support additional intervention? Seems like a feedback loop.
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