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The Shadow of the Past

The Shadow of the Past

Economist Garett Jones documents how immigration transforms economic and political institutions by importing attitudes toward everything from saving, trust, and the role of government.

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Sep 07, 2023
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The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move to a Lot Like the Ones They Left
By Garrett Jones
Stanford Business Books
228 pp., $19.20

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