Winning the Visa Lottery

bambax

> "When policy is politically polarized, you need more facts," he said. Mmmm... It seems in the world of politics, esp. populist politics, more facts don't bring better policies. They are simply ignored, or accused of being lies pushed by the ennemies. > "We have all the facts on this we need. We don't need any more facts. In the land of truth, my friend, the man with one fact is the king." -- Linton Barwick, In The Loop (2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdoN1LWGgfQ

fwlr

The firms who do not win the visa lottery “just become smaller firms” instead of hiring market-rate labor because they still have to compete in a market against other firms who won the visa lottery and have access to below-market-rate labor. Did the economists who ran this study miss this? Do they explain it?

ralph84

> Cmd-F housing > not found Yet another chamber of commerce article clamoring for more cheap labor without addressing where all of these people are supposed to live.

mrjay42

> "Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans." Proving that the issue is capitalism and its systemic need for a reserve army of labour ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_army_of_labour ) to pressure people to accept unfair conditions of living/work