Overcoming ‘Anti-Foreign Bias’ in Trade, Immigration

By Published on August 21, 2015

Many conservatives exhibit a peculiar tendency to be pro-liberty when it comes to business, trade, and wages, but protectionist when it comes to the economic effects of immigration.

It’s an odd disconnect, and yet, as we’ve begun to see with figures like Donald Trump and Rick Santorum, one side is bound to eventually give way. They’ll gush about the glories of competition, but the second immigration gets brought up, they seem to defer to labor-union talking points from ages past.

Read the article “Overcoming ‘Anti-Foreign Bias’ in Trade, Immigration” on blog.acton.org.

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