Re: immigration: net gain or net drain?

2003-09-03 Thread Jeffrey Rous
I know some immigrants send some of their money to relatives in their previous countries, but they can't send all of it; most must be spent in the host country. And even if they send the money out of the county, it eventually leads to a greater demand for exports. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/03

Re: immigration: net gain or net drain?

2003-09-03 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- Bryan Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All it claims is that immigrants reduce wages. But this is by definition balanced by the extra surplus enjoyed by employers. If the surplus is general to the economy, then is it not the case that in industries with competitive markets for labor and

Re: Editors and Media Bias

2003-09-03 Thread AdmrlLocke
Or, to quote Hayek, as socialists of all parties. David Levenstam In a message dated 9/3/03 3:57:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And with the budget under the Bush Administration outsocializing the socialist Clinton by triple and growing (in social spending alone) it isn't clear that there