Wretched Refuse? : The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions

Cambridge University Press

Wretched Refuse\nby Alex Nowrasteh\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alex Nowrasteh\nTitle: Wretched Refuse\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Economics\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781108477635\nISBN-10: 1108477631\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nEconomic arguments favoring increased immigration restrictions suggest that immigrants undermine the culture, institutions, and productivity of destination countries. But is this actually true? Nowrasteh and Powell systematically analyze cross-country evidence of potential negative effects caused by immigration relating to economic freedom, corruption, culture, and terrorism. They analyze case studies of mass immigration to the United States, Israel, and Jordan. Their evidence does not suppo.