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|content=We pretend @HillaryClinton that immig. is about efficiency. But work of [[George Borjas|Borjas]] at [[Harvard]] shows it is wealth transfer from labor to capital.
|content=We pretend @HillaryClinton that immig. is about efficiency. But work of [[George Borjas|Borjas]] at [[Harvard]] shows it is wealth transfer from labor to capital.
|timestamp=1:25 AM · Aug 26, 2016
|timestamp=1:25 AM · Aug 26, 2016
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|content=So maybe go easy on the sanctimony? Or give the man his degreee posthumously? Let’s face it. It’s not about what you say it is.  
|content=So maybe go easy on the sanctimony? Or give the man his degreee posthumously? Let’s face it. It’s not about what you say it is.  


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|content=That’s beautiful. They‘re also your labor force.
|content=That’s beautiful. They‘re also your labor force.


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|content=I will also point out that you deliberately kept @BarackObama’s own father from earning his PhD in economics by getting him sent home to Kenya on the down low. He may have been chasing white women. Which, BTW, was his perfect right as he was a student in good standing.
|content=I will also point out that you deliberately kept @BarackObama’s own father from earning his PhD in economics by getting him sent home to Kenya on the down low. He may have been chasing white women. Which, BTW, was his perfect right as he was a student in good standing.
|timestamp=2:18 AM · Jul 9, 2020
|timestamp=2:18 AM · Jul 9, 2020
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|content=You’re not being truthful about economics.  
|content=You’re not being truthful about economics.  


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|content="I've never seen anything as bad as the determination of a lot of people to say it's a recession," Krugman said. "It's above and beyond anything I've ever seen." -@paulkrugman
|content="I've never seen anything as bad as the determination of a lot of people to say it's a recession," Krugman said. "It's above and beyond anything I've ever seen." -@paulkrugman


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|content=Would you be interested in discussing an entire field of economic experts laughing for 5-8 years at those of us who tried to warn the world about the impending danger of [[Mortgage Backed Securities]] during the “[[Great Moderation]]”?
|content=Would you be interested in discussing an entire field of economic experts laughing for 5-8 years at those of us who tried to warn the world about the impending danger of [[Mortgage Backed Securities]] during the “[[Great Moderation]]”?
|timestamp=5:44 PM · Aug 1, 2022
|timestamp=5:44 PM · Aug 1, 2022
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|content=Would you be interested in discussing the treatment of [[George Borjas]] by economists for pointing out that [[Immigration]] actually carries costs & redistributes wealth rather than a miracle free lunch that simply cannot do anything harmful?
|content=Would you be interested in discussing the treatment of [[George Borjas]] by economists for pointing out that [[Immigration]] actually carries costs & redistributes wealth rather than a miracle free lunch that simply cannot do anything harmful?


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|content=Is immigration simply “good”? Why are we not more alarmed about its impact?
|content=Is immigration simply “good”? Why are we not more alarmed about its impact?