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    Refugees and the Limits of Economic Logic

    Taking in people who have no safe home isn't about GDP growth; it's about basic decency.
    by Derek Thompson Jan 30, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Patrick Fallon / Reuters

    The Trump administration’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries has inspired passionate arguments about the value of immigrants to the United States. Following the order, I saw many people tweeting images of Steve Jobs to remind others that he was the son of a Syrian immigrant. On Facebook, I saw others sharing the statistic that and had received more than three-quarters of the patents

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