Immigration economics: six from six – (the problem with statistics/numbers and the conclusions based on them when they are as ‘squishy’ as those concerning the number of illegal immigrants within the US :: aka Nobody knows how many exactly there are!) From: chron.com
Posted on: May 21st, 2008
I would like to thank the business leadership of Houston for commissioning an economic study of the impact of undocumented workers — illegal immigrants to many of my fine readers — on the economies of the United States and Texas.
Economist Ray Perryman forcefully argues that immigrants, including those who are less than legal, are vital to the U.S. economy.
He’s right, and the points he makes are very important.
Of course, I have no faith in his numbers.
That’s partly because anyone who projects out numbers regarding an underground economy without soaking the figures in large gobs of humility is not to be trusted.”*
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