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Best of 2020: Immigration Reads You May Have Missed
by Andrew Good
As the curtain closes on 2020, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of 10 noteworthy media items from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues.
These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing the space to explore nuances, trade-offs, and policy prescriptions with intellectual integrity.
It is an encouraging fact that there were a number of pieces and writers we considered writers who didn t make any of our lists, but also had worthy cases.
Senator Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2020
(Alex Wong/Reuters)
Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance, and economics. On the menu today: Relief at last (plus added waste), the wisdom (or not) of lockdowns, bubble watch, chicken sandwich mania, and an antitrust refresher.
Relief, the States, and Restraining the Fed
So, a “stimulus” package has finally been passed, although it is better understood (and justified) as a
relief package, even if it contains some extras typical of what comes slouching into view every time Washington is handing out large slugs of money.