How a win–lose mindset affects political and policy preferences
Tyler Smith When Donald Trump entered the political scene, he relied heavily on rhetoric pitting one group against another—immigrants versus native-born citizens, China versus the United States, the Washington elite versus everyone else. Underlying this message is the idea that someone else’s gain is your loss, which may have appealed to individuals across the political […]
Pitting migrants against babies: Why it does not make (economic) sense
Andrea Bassanini Policymakers often promote higher fertility as a way to offset the impact of population ageing without increasing immigration. This column uses OECD and United Nations projections to argue, however, that higher fertility would depress GDP per capita growth for roughly 50 years. Mobilising women and older workers could avert this slowdown, but more […]