How Expanding Immigration Could Tame Inflation | Gordon Hanson
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Gordon Hanson of the Harvard Kennedy School discusses how increasing the number of work visas issued for skilled and unskilled labor could help curb the short-term problem of inflation while ensuring the US economy remains competitive over the long-term. America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation, an article Gordon co-authored with Matthew J. Slaughter of Dartmouth, can be found here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-needs-more-immigration-defeat-inflation For additional commentary on this episode and other issues of the day, sign up for YDHTY's email newsletter here: www.ydhty.com/news
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