--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "iaamoac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: Race to the Bottom > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. > > > > Raises hand! > > > > I know that as long as I've been on Brin-L, in previous discussions > > of inequality I have suggested that surely the enormously large wave > > of immigration being experienced by the United States is having some > > effect on heighting inequality statistics. > > If it does, shouldn't it be measurable? For example, I'd argue that > comparing the difference between white non-Hispanic and white (including > Hispanics) rise in median income to the difference between the white median > income and the median income of the top 5% of white households could give > us a handle on how important the increase in immigration is. Further, I'd > argue that the number of poor uneducated, white, non-Hispanic immigrants is > actually lower now than it was in the '50s and '60s. > > Is this a reasonable measurement to indicate trends? If not, why not?
No, it isn't it assumes that non imigrants are not white, and those born citizens are. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
