Some Good Insights On Immigration

In one of my macro sections we read a chapter in The Economics of Macroissues on immigration. Of course, it is a big issue in this election year. The Sunday New York Times magazine had an in-depth article on immigration a couple of years ago. The author, Roger Lowenstein, talked to two of the top economists who study immigration, David Card and George Borjas. The article was called The Immigration Equation. The article paints a generally favorable view of immigration, although Borjas finds a downside.