Month: November 2024

Should American workers fear immigration? The research is clear: Anti-immigration sentiment has no economic justification. Jerusalem Demsas and Rogé Karma discuss on “Good on Paper”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/11/immigration-worker-wages-myth-jobs/680523/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXsuG2Q9rZdtMO7UnSUW-qc&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Should American workers fear immigration? The research is clear: Anti-immigration sentiment has no economic justification. Jerusalem Demsas and Rogé Karma discuss on “Good on Paper”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/11/immigration-worker-wages-myth-jobs/680523/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXsuG2Q9rZdtMO7UnSUW-qc&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“If a nation’s internal threats are perceived to outweigh its external threats, then its people will fear the costs, risks, and redistribution of building a competitive economy,” warns @mzak123:  

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/democracy-acemoglu-nobel-prize/680522/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXyJff9_phYkuubZYi8yQ_c&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The Election’s Other Biggest Losers? Economists.

Democrats have to reckon with the fact that voters don’t want what economists think is best.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/opinion/election-economists-populism.html?smid=em-share

There Were Two Huge Problems Harris Could Not Escape

The curling theory of campaigns proves itself again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/opinion/harris-trump-campaign-curling.html?smid=em-share

The Elites Had It Coming

Democrats got exactly what they set out to get, and now here we are.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/opinion/democrats-trump-elites-centrism.html?smid=em-share

From The New York Times:

What Do Trump Voters Know About the Future He Has Planned for Them?

Be careful what you wish for, Part 99.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/opinion/trump-voters-future-plan.html?smid=em-share

Maybe Now Democrats Will Address Working-Class Pain

Democrats can compete if they focus more on minimum wages and child care than pronouns and purity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/opinion/democrats-working-class.html?smid=em-share