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Re: Baffling Immigration Policy Keeps Out the Skilled, Welcomes the Costly

zeestephen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:49:30 -0000

Al writes: "Sarcasm is usually intended to mask ignorance."

In my case, Al, sarcasm was intended to ridicule hypocrisy.

First off, neither Bader nor I referenced "university professors."

You did.

Off the top of my head I would guess that fewer than 10% of USA economics graduates are employed by universities.

While we're on the subject, do you have some kind of data that shows university economics professors would overwhelmingly support the emigration of 100,000 foreign economists?

I'm sure the tuition paying, job searching, American students of those enlightened professors would love to have some classroom discussion on that issue.

The bottom line is Economics 101.

When you significantly increase the supply of labor, wages go down, benefits go down, working conditions go down, and job opportunities go down.

Re: Baffling Immigration Policy Keeps Out the Skilled, Welcomes the Costly

Al — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:11:29 -0000

Yes, zeestephen, they do. In fact, university professors can move to the US quite easily with significantly fewer burdens than most other professions. That includes economics professors.

Sarcasm is usually intended to mask ignorance.

Re: Baffling Immigration Policy Keeps Out the Skilled, Welcomes the Costly

zeestephen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:10:37 -0000

Hans Bader writes:

"Economists overwhelmingly support allowing more skilled immigrants to come to the U.S."

So, let's invite a hundred thousand foreign economists to come to the U.S.

Will U.S. economists overwhelmingly support that idea, Hans?