--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:23:00PM -0800, Gautam > Mukunda wrote: > > > It's plausible. It _may_ even be true. The other > big difference > > between the European and American economies, > though, is mass > > immigration - particularly mass unskilled > immigration. That drives > > the wages for low-skilled workers in the US down, > and creates a > > pool of poor in the US who have no equivalent in > Europe, increasing > > inequality in two ways. It's at least possible > that the US could > > maintain higher economic growth than Europe _and_ > equivalent > > differences in income without that factor. Or it > might not - but > > certainly a large part of that difference is > because of that. > > Gregg Easterbrook, right?
Hell no. We were talking about that issue in my seminar on American identity years ago. Easterbrook is way behind the curve on this issue. I think I first read the argument 5-6 years ago, and I know Paul Samuelson had articles about it in the mainstream press at least 2-3 years ago. Easterbrook's a pretty good writer and his comments (which I snipped) lay out the case fairly well, but his analysis isn't original in any way. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
