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Social Security and Longevity Increases: Getting the Facts Right
Click here for a printer-friendly version of this article.This last week, the Huffington Post derided President Obama’s fiscal commission co-chair, former Senator Alan Simpson, suggesting that his...
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How Would Immigration Reform Affect Social Security Finances?
Comprehensive immigration reform legislation has moved through the Senate committee process and is about to be considered on the Senate floor. The legislation has potentially significant effects on how...
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Immigrants Don’t Take Jobs, They Make Them
A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper finds that, out of several possible immigration reforms, increasing the legalization rate for immigrants would create the most jobs. Conversely,...
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Gary Becker on Income Inequality
GDP per capita is often used to measure quality of life across countries, but quantity of life (measured by life expectancy) is also important. Used alone, simple measures of GDP lead to an incomplete...
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US Laws Keep Immigrants Off Welfare
Teaser: Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped, “You can't have free immigration and a welfare state.” Despite the children pouring across the southern border, America’s welfare...
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More Immigration, Stronger Economy
Teaser: The immigration crisis shows just how badly America needs reform to simplify and open the immigration process.This article originally appeared in RealClearPolicy.Debate rages in Congress over...
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Cut Unemployment Benefits for Immigration, But Don't Cut Immigration
Teaser: Now that immigrants are eligible for fewer benefits, David Cameron should ensure that as many hard-working immigrants as possible are allowed to enter the country. Angela Merkel’s immigration...
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