Steve Sailer Retweeted Michael Clemens
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Wasn't there something besides Mariel happening economically in Miami in 1980 that made Miami about as non-ceteris paribus as any city anytime? Namely, the biggest Cocaine Boom of All Time?
Haven't economists ever noticed when and where Scarface and Miami Vice were set?https://twitter.com/m_clem/status/1000398558946873346 …
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This was not just any study.
When @GlennThrush asked the White House for any research justifying its effort to cut legal immigration by half, it cited this specific study, claiming that the 1980 “Mariel” immigrants had reduced wages in Miami:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/politics/wp/2017/08/02/a-reporter-pressed-the-white-house-for-data-thats-when-things-got-tense/ …
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