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This article sounds like propaganda.

• hiddencost 3y ago
  It's not. CBO is consistently reliable.
• Matticus_Rex 3y ago
  Nearly every econ paper on the economic benefits of immigration sounds like propaganda to people who aren't familiar with the literature, because the estimates of the effects are absolutely massive. It's not intuitive to people, because they don't understand the massive efficiency gains from trade in enlarging the pie. To most people the entire idea of pies that aren't fixed is unintuitive.
  • User23 3y ago
    That explains why mass immigration has been driving down real housing and health care costs. The pie, it grows! California has never been a more affordable place to live and start a family.
    • Matticus_Rex 3y ago
      California's undocumented population hasn't been growing (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/16/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/16/what-we-k...)