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Paul Krugman: How immigrants are saving the American economy

Immigration leads to rapid job growth without runaway inflation.

(Max Whittaker | The New York Times) Farmworkers plant cantaloupe seedlings at Joe Del Bosque's fields near Oro Loma, Calif., April 17, 2020. "You may not have heard about one ingredient in the economy's special sauce: a sudden, salutary rebound in net immigration, which soared in 2022 to more than a million people, its highest level since 2017," writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

(Max Whittaker | The New York Times) Farmworkers plant cantaloupe seedlings at Joe Del Bosque's fields near Oro Loma, Calif., April 17, 2020. "You may not have heard about one ingredient in the economy's special sauce: a sudden, salutary rebound in net immigration, which soared in 2022 to more than a million people, its highest level since 2017," writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

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By Paul Krugman | The New York Times