Want equality? Close the borders

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RMan
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Want equality? Close the borders

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So says a nobel prize winner who used to advocate for more immigration

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... ddb4&ei=64
While he used to argue that immigration and trade benefits outweighed domestic harms, Deaton now acknowledges prioritizing efficiency over fairness and stability.
“Longer-term analysis over the past century and a half tells a different story. Inequality was high when America was open [to migration], was much lower when the borders were closed [to migrants], and rose again post Hart-Celler (the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965) as the fraction of foreign-born people rose back to its levels in the Gilded Age,” he said.
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