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Wretched refuse? : the political economy of immigration and institutions / Alex Nowrasteh, Cato Institute, Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Nowrasteh, Alex [Verfasser] ; Powell, Benjamin,i1978- [Verfasser]

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press

1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 330 pages)

Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020)

978-1-108-77689-9 ; 978-1-108-47763-5 ; 978-1-108-70245-4

LB 56000 LB 85000 QF 000 QU 400

 

Internationale Migration  Gesellschaft  Wirtschaft  Wirtschaftsentwicklung 

 

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Economic arguments favoring increased immigration restrictions suggest that immigrants undermine the culture, institutions, and productivity of destination countries. But is this actually true? Nowrasteh and Powell systematically analyze cross-country evidence of potential negative effects caused by immigration relating to economic freedom, corruption, culture, and terrorism. They analyze case studies of mass immigration to the United States, Israel, and Jordan. Their evidence does not support the idea that immigration destroys the institutions responsible for prosperity in the modern world. This nonideological volume makes a qualified case for free immigration and the accompanying prosperity.