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In response to the NY Times article, What Happened to the Country That Made Us Citizens? I wrote what struck me as a lovely sentiment, and although barely recognized at the time, reposted in pieces in other comment areas, and in those threads, they received many 'Recommended' clicks, the equivalent of likes. Original Quote There still exists a great appreciation of immigrants and immigration, of what it brings to this country, and what it says about America. Just not in Texas. In our 'blue bubble' I would be hard-pressed to many people against immigrants and immigration. It is what makes America. I live in a city where 40% of the population is foreign-born and work in an industry where native Americans are a minority. Because of immigrants crime is lower and economic growth is higher, but even then, the appreciation of what immigrants are to this country historically, and the understanding and humanity it takes to accept others, makes immigration so important. S...

When I started learning economics and finance I soaked up the right-wing slant of The Economist. The magazine often exposed me to material of a more intellectual and academic nature, and its writers and editors wrote about market concepts without realizing that their presented material contradicted their dogma. I later went on to B-school, as student with 720 GMAT's and a 3.9 GPA, was a student member of the International Economics Honor Society, and I 'aced' the economic and finance courses; my understanding of economics is at least as good as the educated populace. Essentially, many economic aspects decried as socialism help the modern developed countries function and function better, i.e., big government, social security, universal healthcare, progressive taxation, financial regulation, income equality (low GINI coefficient), worker involvement/reward from production. My own private research - I was interested in publishing, and one idea was the relationship between econ...