Fixing the American Economy
Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs discusses his new book, "Building the New American Economy," with Christopher Granville, M.D. of TS Lombard, Handelsbalatt’s Katharina Slodzyck, and Carlos de Vega of El País.
In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?