Join us for a book talk with Leah Boustan, professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University. In conversation with Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring newsletter and blog editor and Vox co-founder. Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse. But in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. In Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success, Princeton professor Leah Boustan and Stanford Professor Ran Abramitzky use the tools of modern data analysis to present new evidence about the past and present of the American Dream and debunk immigration myths fostered by political opportunism. Leah Boustan is professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University. She is also co-director of the Development of the American Economy Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and serves
Organized by the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Industrial Relations Section, this book talk will feature Claudia Goldin, who will discuss her book, "Career & Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity," the 2021 Richard A. Lester Book Award Winner. The award is presented as part of the annual Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, produced by the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University and Princeton University Library. Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and co-director of the NBER Gender in the Economy Study Group.
PolitiFact s ruling: False
Herre s why: President Joe Biden’s proposal for a $1.9 trillion economic rescue package calls for more than doubling the federal minimum wage, which was last raised over a decade ago.
The plan has stirred up online chatter about the impact of a proposed $15-an-hour federal rate, with one conservative commentator warning that it would send prices soaring. If you want $15 minimum wage, don’t complain when your Taco Bell order costs $38 for a burrito, said Jordan Rachel, a Turning Point USA contributor, in a Jan. 16 tweet.
Business groups have long opposed sharply higher minimum wages on the grounds that they would hurt employment and raise consumer prices.